The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c12.117

v1.c12.117

The *Pandyan Chronicle* records that the Viceroy of Madura at the time of the expedition of Achyuta was Aiyakarai Vaiyappa 1. Very little is known of the Madura Viceroys previous to Nagama Nayaka and Visvanatha. The *Pandyan Chronicle* gives a list of six of them from the time of Narasa Nayaka up to 1535 2, reproduced by Nelson and Sewell 3; the above mentioned Aiyakarai Vaiyappa appears ruling in the last period before Visvanatha's first rule, from 1530 to 1535, during which the expedition of Achyuta to Travancore took place. All seem to be Telugus excepting one, Narasa Pillai, a Tamilian, who ruled from 1515 to 1519. Pandit Subramania Sarma gives another name *viz.* Tirumal Nayaka as ruling in Madura before the re-establishment of the Pandyas by Visvanatha Nayaka 4.