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([[Veera Ballala III]] as [[Hoysala]] rulerking)

Ballappa Dandanayaka, a nephew of the [[Hoysala EmpireKingdom|Hoysala]] rulerking [[Veera Ballala III]], had married a daughter of Harihara.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.karnataka.gov.in/gazetteer/GazetteerMandya2009/Chapter-2.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-10-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531200248/http://www.karnataka.gov.in/gazetteer/GazetteerMandya2009/Chapter-2.pdf |archive-date=31 May 2011}}</ref> This shows that Harihara was associated with the Hoysala Court. Immediately after coming to power, he built a fort at [[Barkur]]u, on the west coast of present-day [[Karnataka]]. It appears from inscriptions that he was administering the northern parts of present-day [[Karnataka]] from his seat at [[Gooty Fort|Gooty]] (Gutti), [[Anantapur district|Ananthpur district]] in 1339. He initially controlled the northern portions of the [[Hoysala EmpireKingdom]] before taking full control over its entire range after the death of Hoysala [[Veera Ballala III]] in 1343. [[Kannada]] inscriptions of his time call him ''Karnataka Vidya Vilas'' ("master of great knowledge and skills"), ''Bhashege tappuva rayara ganda'' ("punisher of those feudatories who don't keep their promise"), ''and Arirayavibhada'' ("fire to enemy kings"). Among his brothers, Kampana governed the [[Nellore|Nellur]] region, Muddppa administered the [[Mulbagal|Mulabagalu]] region, Marappa oversaw [[Chandragutti]] and Bukka Raya was his second in command.

His initial military exploits established his control over the valley of [[Tungabhadra River]], and gradually he expanded his control to certain regions of [[Konkan]] and [[Malabar Coast]]. By that time, the [[Hoysala EmpireKingdom|Hoysala]] ruler [[Veera Ballala III]] had died fighting the [[Madurai Sultanate|Sultan of Madurai]], and the vacuum thus created allowed Harihara to emerge as a [[Sovereignty|sovereign]] power with all the Hoysala territories under his rule.