The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c12.172

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him. Really the conduct of Nagama, as related hitherto by the *Tanjavuri Andhra Rajula Charitra*, cannot be called rebellion at all; he acted as the most faithful servant of the Emperor. If Achyuta sent an army against him, it was due to a temporary access of fury stirred by the strange and perhaps criminal accusations of the Pandya. But the *History of the Karnataka Governors* describes Nagama as a real rebel chief, making partisans among those who came with him, I am sure that, after receiving his son's letter, Nagama Nayaka proceeded to meet him; and that this meeting between father and son was the solution of the misunderstanding between Achyuta and his general.