The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c13.272

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Krishnappa Nayaka could not remain long in Ceylon, since the administration of his kingdom required his presence in the capital. The poem upon which we base our account says that he remained in Kandy only three days. He treated the family of the deceased King with great kindness and sent them to Aurangam, the old capital of Ceylon; and, after appointing his brother-in-law, Vijaya Gopala Nayaka, his Viceroy in Ceylon, returned to Madura ². This appointment was doubtless only temporary, as we do not hear of any subsequent viceroyalty. Vijaya Gopala's purpose was to arrange the chchi's execution. Visvanatha Nayaka had also waged war in Ceylon. Dom Joao de Castro, Governor of Goa, writing to King Joao III on the 6th of December, 1546, mentions this war made by the Madure, *viz.* de Nayak of Madura, then Visvanatha Nayaka, against the King of Conde (Kandy). Castro sent forty soldiers to protect the latter against the incursions of the Nayak. *Obras Varias Manu scriptas*, fol. 113. I could not find any other trace of this war.