▁B ett ada ▁Ch amar aja ▁W adi yar ' s ▁son ▁changed ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁Pur ag ere ▁to ▁Mah ish as ur ana ▁O oru , ▁which ▁later ▁became ▁short ened ▁to ▁My so oru . ▁The ▁success ive ▁r ul ers , ▁having ▁political ▁amb itions , ▁had ▁more ▁than ▁one ▁wife . ▁During ▁their ▁military ▁campaign s ▁when ▁the ▁enemy ▁r uler ▁was ▁certain ▁of ▁a ▁defeat , ▁married ▁off ▁the ▁daughter ▁to ▁the ▁Mah ar aja ▁as ▁a ▁token ▁of ▁friendship . ▁As ▁such , ▁they ▁had ▁more ▁than ▁one ▁wife , ▁who ▁went ▁on ▁joining ▁the ▁Ur su ▁community . ▁Ran ad he era ▁K ante er ava ▁W adi yar ▁had ▁ 1 0 ▁w ives . ▁Ex cept ▁the ▁queen , ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁w ives ▁and ▁their ▁relatives ▁became ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Ur su ▁community . ▁From ▁Y ad ur aya ▁to ▁J aya ▁Ch amar aja ▁W adi yar , ▁the ▁dynast y ▁had ▁ 2 5 ▁r ul ers . ▁ ▁Rec ent ▁History ▁ ▁About ▁a ▁century ▁ago , ▁following ▁on ▁order ▁from ▁the ▁Mah ar aja ▁to ▁conduct ▁a ▁census ▁of ▁the ▁Ur su ▁community , ▁a ▁committee ▁led ▁by ▁G op ala ▁Kr ish ne ▁Urs ▁reported ▁that ▁there ▁were ▁ 5 , 0 0 0 ▁Ur su ▁community ▁members . ▁Now , ▁there ▁may ▁be ▁at ▁least ▁ 4 0 , 0 0 0 . ▁In ▁the ▁K has ▁Dur bar ▁conducted ▁by ▁S rik anta ▁Dat ta