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The Kingdom of Mysore (1399 - 1947 CE) was a kingdom of southern India founded in 1399 by Yaduraya in the region of the modern city ofMysore. The Wodeyar dynasty, as the ruling family is known, ruled the southern Karnatakaregion until Indian independence in 1947, when the kingdom was merged with the Union of India. The historical origins of the kingdom are obscure. The kingdom is first mentioned in early 16th-century Kannada literature from the time of the Vijayanagara King Achyuta Deva Raya, while the kingdom's own earliest available inscriptions date from the rule of a petty chieftain, Timmaraja II, in 1551. It is known that the kingdom originated as a small state based in the modern city of Mysore and that it was established by two brothers, Yaduraya (also known as Vijaya) and Krishnaraya. In 1763, Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan established their first Navy fleet on the Malabar Coast, Ali Raja Kunhi Amsa II had established a large and well armed fleet consisting of 10 dhows and 30 largerketches in the Indian Ocean, in his attempts to conquer islands that had withstood the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. In 1763 his fleet sailed from Lakshadweep and Cannanore carrying on board sepoys and on its pennons the colours and emblems of Hyder Ali, and captured the Maldives.