Ummatur

Ummatur was the seat of a line of chiefs in the southern Mysore country, whose power extended towards the Kaveri and its island strongholds. Their resistance drew the attention of Vijayanagara. At the end of the fifteenth century Saluva Narasimha defeated the chiefs and took Srirangapatna. Krishnadevaraya returned to the region in 1511 to suppress their rebellion, after which Srirangapatna became the seat of a Vijayanagara governor. The contest brought the local chiefs and the river forts under closer imperial control.