 The record that breaks this exception goes to the Alupas who ruled their territory for nearly thousand years.Alupas though originated as a ruler to the coastal region of Karnataka around the beginning of the Christian era, it is only around the 5th century they made their debut as a dynasty as witnessed in the epigraph of Halmidi.The last ruler's name that we see in the epigraph of Venupura (Moodubidre), belong to the 14th century CE.