The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c10.3

v1.c10.3

WHEN studying the relations of Sadasiva with foreign nations, the flattery associated with the inscriptions and grants of the old Hindu Sovereigns is noteworthy. In a Tamil inscription at Madambakkam we are told that Sadasiva ‘took every country’¹. A grant dated 1546 goes so far as to state that “he subdued all the enemies in Suragiri (Penukonda) and brought the whole land from Setu to Himadri into subjection to his commands”². But this eulogy is probably inspired by the fact narated in the beginning of the second chapter, when the young Prince was rescued by Rama Raya and placed on the throne of Vijayanagara after the defeat and death of the usurper Salakam Timma. The early date of the inscription suggests this suspicion. That the Kamboja³, Bhoja⁴,