Kanthirava Narasaraja II was the fifteenth
maharaja
Mahārāja (; also spelled Maharajah, Maharaj) is a Sanskrit title for a "great ruler", "great king" or " high king".
A few ruled states informally called empires, including ruler raja Sri Gupta, founder of the ancient Indian Gupta Empire, a ...
of the
Kingdom of Mysore from 1704 to 1714. He was born deaf and came to be called ''Múk-arasu'' (literally "mute king").
He succeeded to the throne through the influence of the prime minister, Tirumala Iyengar.
[ During his reign, his ''dalvoy'' (chief of the army), who was also named Kanthirava, led an expedition to subdue ]Chikkaballapur
Chikkaballapur is the district headquarters of the newly created Chikkaballapur district in the state of Karnataka, India, which is carved out from Kolar district. It is located within 3 km of Muddenahalli (the birthplace of eminent engine ...
, but was killed during the fighting.[ His son later took over and succeeded in establishing Mysore's suzerainty.][
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1673 births
1714 deaths
Indian male poets
Kings of Mysore
Wadiyar dynasty
Deaf royalty and nobility
18th-century Indian monarchs
17th-century Indian poets
18th-century Indian poets
Poets from Karnataka
Indian deaf people