The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c16.106

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12. But Tirumala's stay at Vijayanagara did not last very long. Anquetil du Perron states that "not long after he transferred his court to Panegorde" (Penukonda)⁵; and the Chikkadevaraya Vamsavali records that "after a short time he changed his capital from Vijayanagara to Penukonda"⁶. But Frederick gives the date of this important event: "In the year of our Lord God 1567, for the ill successe that the people of Bezeneger had.. the King with his Court went to dwell in a Castle eight dayes journey up in the land from Bezeneger, called Penegonde" (Penukonda)⁷. We must say here that the transfer of the capital to Penukonda could not have taken place in the beginning of this year 1567, because this traveller went to Vijayanagara in the same year⁸, and spent six months in that city⁹, without witnessing the departure of Tirumala, of which he was made aware later on. Now if we suppose that his return to the city after the departure of the Muhammadans occurred at the end of 1565 or the beginning of 1566, (since the enemy had left either in July or August) we must admit that Tirumala spent about two years at Vijayanagara.