The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c16.172

v1.c16.172

The information afforded by this grant is of more than passing interest. To see Sadasiva Raya three years after the battle of Raksas-Tagdi surrounded by the ambassadors of his subordinate chiefs of the South, acknowledged by the powerful Nayak of Madura, requested to do a favour by the very Regent Tirumala, is a scene very different from the dark pictures drawn by some authors. The Empire was not yet split up ³.