The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c13.7

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2. One of the first acts of Visvanatha after taking possession of his new kingdom was to divide it into Palaiyams or counties, for the better administration of the country and to repay the faithful services of many of his officers who had help- p. 87, and followed by Sewell and his successors, is perhaps concocted to explain the appointment of Vitthala as Viceroy in the South in 1543-4. When the time of his governorship was over, then, they suppose, Visvanatha's rule began. But the above mentioned chronicles say that the Pandya died a few months after Visvanatha's expedition against his father, and that Visvanatha was then appointed king. To my mind the foundation of the Nayakship dates from the last year of Achyuta Raya.