The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c13.161

v1.c13.161

10. After these two compaigns in Travancore and in Coromandel, Vitthala remained in the South for a period of about twelve years, until 1558, as Viceroy of the southern country ⁶. According to an inscription at Koiladi, he "was granted the whole country", *viz.* the South, by Sadasiva ⁷. We know of one of his inscriptions at this time in the old temple of Perumal at Madura itself, in which he is called Rama Raya Vittaladeva Maharaya¹. His authority was acknowledged in the whole Madura kingdom as far as Coimbatore and the South of Salem District; for we know that the old Kongudesa was under his sway², and he is said to have levied tribute even from Ceylon³.