The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c14.121
The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c14.121
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¹ In this and other similar cases we keep to the denomination of King applied to the petty chiefs of Kanara. Pietro della Valle, II, p. 216, speaking in 1623 of Venkatappa Nayaka, King of Ikeri, says: "Who in my judgment, should rather be called a Regulus or Royolet, although the Portugals and Indians give him the honour of a Royal title, being he hath in effect neither State, Court, nor appearance, befitting a true king."