The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c12.157

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³ The sources of this and the following number are the *Tanjavuri Andhra Rajula Charitra*, S. Krishnaswami Aiyangar *Sources*, p. 319-23; *History of the Karnataka Governors*, Taylor, O.H. MSS., II, p. 9-15, and several other documents to which we shall refer in the course of our narrative. The *Tanjavuri Andhra Rajula Charitra* mentions Krishna Deva Raya as the Emperor of Vijayanagara at the time of this and the following wars, and Prof. Sathyánatha Aiyar follows this opinion in his *History of the Nayaks*, p. 44-9; but I am sure that the Emperor was then Achyuta Raya, and not merely in the beginning of his reign. When the latter ascended the throne the king of Travancore had just entered the Pandya country, taking possession of some of its forts and cities. No mention is then made of