The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c13.261

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As to Visvanatha’s attitude towards the Empire, he was always as faithful a subject of the Vijayanagara Emperor, as when he went to wage war against his father. In 1535, during his first viceroyalty, he is called an officer of Achyuta ⁵; and though already a king, he calls himself ‘the agent of Sadasiva’ ⁶. In 1558 he is called also ‘the agent of Ramarajadeva Maharaja’ ⁷. In 1560 he makes a gift of taxes on looms for the merit of the same Aliya Ramarajayyan ⁸. In 1561 an inscription records a gift of his son Krishnappa Nayaka to the Tinnevelly temple and mentions the same Rama Raya ⁹. From all these inscriptions and grants we know that Visvanatha’s relations with the Empire were those of a faithful tributary king to his overlord.