The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c12.79

v1.c12.79

7. During the reign of Krishna Deva Raya we find a great expedition of this King, probably into the Tamil country. We say 'probably' because the town mentioned by Nuniz while narrating this campaign has not been hitherto identified. He narrates that, after having finished the war with the king of Orissa, Krishna Raya "made ready a large army and prepared to attack Catuir, which is the land of a lord who had been in revolt for fifty years; this land is on the Charamandel (Coromandel) side. And he marched against it, and laid siege to one of the principal cities where the lord of the land was; and it is called....(Unfortunately there is here a blank in the original) and is surrounded with water".