The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c12.68

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6. The expedition led about a century later by Narasa Nayaka, the founder of the third dynasty, was supposed to be against a Pandya sovereign named Manabusha. This is based on the Krishnapuram plates of Sadasiva. Manabusha was probably allied with a chief of Nadu-nadu, Sundarattoludaiyan Mavalivanadarayan, who was in possession of the city of Madura³. Narasa Nayaka was then a great general of the army of Vijayanagara. The *Varahapuranam* extols him as the generalissimo of all the forces of the Empire, and in great favour with king Saluva Narasimha⁴. But his expedition to the South was somewhat earlier, because the Pandya King Manabusha, who must be identified with Arikesari Parakrama Pandya bearing the surname of Manakavacha ¹, ruled till about 1466. This date brings us up to the reign of either Mallikarjuna or Virupaksha, during which this general's glorious achievements in the South must be placed.