The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c17.18

v1.c17.18

2. From this time onwards the inscriptions of Tirumala show him with imperial titles, as successor of the old Emperors of Vijayanagara. In 1571 he is stated to be "ruling the earth" with the title of Maharajadhiraja⁴. In 1571 he is called Virapratapa Tirumalayadeva Maharaya⁵. In the same year a stone inscription from the Shimoga district calls him "the glorious king of kings, the great lord of kings, ruling the whole kingdom from his throne at Pehugundi (Penukonda) which belongs to Hampi-Hastinavati (Vijayanagara)" ¹. The Tumkur plates of the same date give him imperial titles as used by the old Emperors of Vijayanagara ². Finally in his Penuguluru grant, made in the same year, he is described "seated on his throne ruling the whole kingdom extending from the Sethu (Rameswaram) to the Sumeru, and from the hill of sunrise in the East to the end of the western mountain, eclipsing in fame and righteousness even Nriga, Nala, Nahusha and such others on earth" ³.