The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c10.17

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On the other hand, we cannot doubt that many neighbouring Rajas and petty chiefs were brought under the control of Sadasiva, since we have the authority of the Muhammadan chronicler of Golkonda for stating that Rama Raya strengthened his power by the reduction of many troublesome neighbours ⁶. The supreme Minister is called, in an inscription of the time of Venkata III, ‘an ocean of valour’ ⁷, a praise that appears confirmed in several grants either contemporary or of latter date, which specify, to some extent, the heroic deeds of the Regent. It is said in the Vellangudi Plates of Sadasiva that Rama Raya ‘destroyed his enemies who were a pest to the world’ ⁸; the Dalavay Agraharam plates of Venkata II state that he had ‘slain in battle his enemies, who were a scourge of the earth’ ⁹; the Kuniyur plates of Venkata III affirm that he ‘killed in a battle all dangerous enemies in the world’ ¹⁰; and a grant of Ranga III, dated 1645, records that ‘all his enemies, the thorns of the world, did the heroic Rama Raya slay in battle' ¹.