Gingee fort full history : The founding of the Kon dynasty established Gingee as a fortified royal center. [3] The Gingee country then came under the rule of the Hoysalas in the later part of the 13th and in the first half of the 14th century. From the Hoysalas it passed to the first rulers of Vijayanagara empire . The Vijayanagar dominion gradually expanded over South India and divided the administration into three important provinces, which were under the control of Nayaks . These were the Nayaks of Madurai , Nayaks of Tanjore , and Nayaks of Gingee . Information about the Gingee Nayaks and their rule is very scanty. It is said that Tupakula Krishnappa Nayaka (1490 to 1521) of a Chandragiri family was the founder of the Nayaka line of Gingee kings. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] He seems to have ruled along the coast from Nellore to the Kollidam River up to 1521. Under the Nayaks the forts ...