The statue in the first visual depicts the etymology behind the name of this empire whose extent at its peak is shown in the second visual. Identify the empire.Answer: The empire is the Hoysala empire that takes its name from Sala, the warrior killing ("hoy" in old Kannada) a tiger. Read the comments for more information. Vijay, Divya, Arvind, Swapnaa, Manix, Rajesh, Raghu, Ashwin and Rajeev got it. Well done.
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Hoysala Empire
Hoysalas
The Hoysala dynasty. That is a statue of Sala the warrior fighting a tiger.
Hoysala empire. Legend has it that a boy named Sala was instructed by his guru to kill a tiger. Hence the name "Hoy" (to kill) Sala. The emblem of the Chola empire was the tiger. So its possible that the legend was a myth since Cholas were enemies of Hoysalas.
As an aside, I loooooove Hoysala architecture. If you get a chance to visit any of the "-hallis" in Karnataka, make sure you visit one of the Hoysala temples - they're remarkable.
Hoysala Empire. "Hoy" is to strike in Old Kannada, which is what Sala was commanded to do by his Jain guru when they encountered a tiger in the temple. This is the depiction in the statue.
Side note #1: Hoysala, can now be roughly translated to "Adi machi" in Madras Tamil :-)
Side note #2: A beautiful example of Hoysala architecture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shrine_(Vimana)_at_Isvara_Temple_in_Arasikere.jpg.
Incidentally, the search term that I used to get to the answer was "Dravidian architecture" in Wikipedia :-)
Hoysala empire
Hoysala
I don't want to take any last minute chances, so will post my solution early today.
Mahishasur and the kindom of mysore.
Hoysala kingdom
Hoysala
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