The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c14.93

v1.c14.93

7. More powerful than the Raja of Mysore at this time was the Prabhu of Yelahanka. The family of these chiefs had come to the Karnataka country from Alur, a village near Kanchivaram, and settled down at Avati in the vicinity of Devanahalli, 25 miles North-East of the present Bangalore. One member of this family, in 1418, established himself at Yelahanka, 9 miles North of the same city, and began to style himself Yelahanka Nadu Prabhu, Lord of the Yelahanka country ⁵. This title was kept up by his successors. They ruled as vassals of the Vijayanagara Emperor paying tribute to him as long as their power lasted.