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| title = ''Veera''<br />
| succession = last Hoysala king<br />
| reign = 1342 - c.1346<br />
| predecessor = [[Veera Ballala III]]<br />
| successor = ''monarchy abolished'', [[Harihara I|Vira Harihara Raya]] ([[Vijayanagara Empire]]) <br />
| father = [[Veera Ballala III]]<br />
| dynasty = [[Hoysala Empire|Hoysala]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Veera Ballala IV''' or called as '''Veera Virupaksha Ballala''' was the last Hoysala king. He was the eldest son and successor of the powerful [[Hoysala Empire|Hoysala emperor]] [[Veera Ballala III]]. He resided over a declining Hoysala kingdom, and was in constant war with the [[Madurai Sultanate]] and [[Vijayanagara Empire|Vijayanagara kingdom]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Veera Virupaksha Ballala was born to the [[Hoysala Empire|Hoysala monarch]] [[Veera Ballala III]] and his wife. [[Halebidu]], the Hoysala capital was attacked and plundered in c. 1311. [[Veera Ballala III]], his father had to accept defeat to the [[Alauddin Khilji|Delhi Sultan]], pay a handsome tribute, and send Virupaksha to [[Delhi]] as an act of submission. He returned in 1313.<ref name="maker"/><br />
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==Reign==<br />
Veera Ballala IV resided over a declining Hoysala kingdom, and was in constant war with the [[Madurai Sultanate]] and [[Vijayanagara Empire|Vijayanagara kingdom]]. He was unable to check the advance of the Sangama brothers of [[Vijayanagara]]. ([[Harihara I|Harihara]], [[Bukka Raya I|Bukka]], Kampa I, Marappa and Muddappa). It did not help that Virupaksha Ballala was an incompetent, inefficient and incapable ruler. All the several chiefs, who had served his capable father [[Veera Ballala III]] in fear, now taking advantage of Virupaksha Ballala's weakness, grabbed the opportunity and started declaring their independence.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bahubali was from BC and Veera Ballala was from CE |url=https://kattashekar.wordpress.com/2015/07/10/bahubali-was-from-bc-and-veera-ballala-was-from-ce/ |publisher=Kattashekar wordpress |access-date=11 January 2021}}</ref> The best [[Hoysala Empire|Hoysala]] soldiers had been killed in [[Battle of Kannanur|the war against sultan of Madura]]. He had given away his entire treasure to Ghiyas-ud-din of Madurai in the vain hope of releasing his father. Even his general and cousin Ballappa Dandanayaka, who had served him and his father [[Veera Ballala III]] loyally now deserted him. In spite of all these difficulties, he still put up a stiff resistance and it was only after a continuous struggle of 6 years (A.D. 1346) that the Vijayanagar rulers were able to conquer the whole of the Hoysala kingdom.<ref name="Preserve articles: Short biography of Harihara I">{{cite web |title=Short biography of Harihara I |url=https://www.preservearticles.com/biography/short-biography-of-harihara-i-ad-1336ad-1355/14111 |publisher=Preserve articles |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="Preserve articles: Short biography of Bukka I">{{cite web |title=Short biography of Bukka I |url=https://www.preservearticles.com/biography/short-biography-of-bukka-i-ad-1355ad-1377/14110 |publisher=Preserve articles |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref><br />
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The [[Kadamba dynasty|Kadambas]], who were ruling over [[Banavasi]], on the coast of [[Konkan]] gave shelter to Virupaksha Ballala. To deafeat them, Harihara sent his brother Marappa. The latter defeated the Kadamba ruler and annexed his territory.<ref name="Preserve articles: Short biography of Harihara I" /><ref name="Preserve articles: Short biography of Bukka I" /><br />
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==Death==<br />
Veera Ballala IV was captured in a battle fought against the [[Madurai Sultanate]]. He was flayed and then slain, just as his father was. This happened in c. 1346. This was the end of the rule of the Hoysalas.<ref>{{cite book |last1=M. Derret |first1=J. Duncan |title=The Hoysalas |date=23 April 1957 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=London, UK |id=203167 |page=194 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.507525/page/n219/mode/2up}}</ref><ref name="maker">Kamath (1980), p.129</ref><ref name="great">Chopra, Ravindran and Subrahmanian (2003), p.156</ref><br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
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