The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c17.46

v1.c17.46

The Arivilimangalam plates 5 and the Maredapalli grant 6 mention only one son of Tirumala, Ranga; the Vellangudi ¹ and the Dalavay Agraharam plates ² and the Vilapaka grant ³ give two names, Ranga and Venkata, as corresponding to two sons of Tirumala; three are to be found in the *Chikkadevaraya Vamsavali* ⁴ but the Kuniyur plates of Venkata III ⁵ and a grant of Ranga III, 1645 ⁶, along with the *Vasucharitramu* ⁷ and the *Ramarajiyamu* ⁸ mention four-Raghunatha, Ranga, Rama and Venkata. The eldest died probably after the battle of Raksas-Tagdi, and this is the reason why no reference to him is made in many of the preceding documents; while Rama was also overlooked in several of them, because he never ascended the masnad. Ranga and Venkata were the future Ranga I and Venkata II.