[3] According to the Vasudhare grama Kaifiyat mentions the Belur chiefs were originally Telugu Balijas.

[2] historian Noboru Karashima note that Belur nayaks under the Vijayanagara empire were Telugu Balijas.

[7] It remained in the hands of this family till the fall of Seringapatam in 1799. venkatadri nayaka, the last chief of the line rebelled against the British and was seized and hanged in 1802.

[8] The Belur Nayak kingdom when established covered most of South Karnataka including the present day Hassan and Kodagu.

[9] In 1645 the Belur kingdom was overrun by the Keladi chief Shivappa Nayaka and bestowed by him on Sriranga III, the defeated king of Vijayanagar who had fled to him for refuge.