 According to Rice <unk> , p . 370 , the ruler 's lack of interest in the affairs of state , led two ministers , Devaraja , the army chief ( or <unk> ) , and his cousin , Nanjaraja , who was both the revenue minister ( the <unk> ) and the privy councilor ( <unk> ) , to wield all authority in the kingdom . After Dodda Krishnaraja 's death in 1736 , the ministers appointed " pageant rajas " , and effectively ruled Mysore until the rise of Haidar Ali in 1760 . 
