The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c16.75
The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c16.75
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v1.c16.75
No inscription at Vijayanagara records this second stay of Tirumala within its walls after the battle of Raksas-Tagdi ⁵. But fortunately we have an account by an eye-witness of this return of Tirumala to Vijayanagara after the departure of the Muhammadans. C. Frederick, who had seen it with his own eyes, describes the royal palace as invested with no less splendour than before the Muslim invasion; and he relates an episode relating to Tirumala, which is quite characteristic of that ruler. It is worth while to quote it in his own words :—