The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c17.58

v1.c17.58

⁹ None of the contemporary sources say that Tirumala appointed his four sons to the several governorships of the kingdom, as it has often been asserted. Raghunatha is not mentioned at this time, from which we conclude he was dead. Even in Richards, *Salem Gazetteer*, p. 67, we read that "the Empire, about this time, was divided into six viceroyalties: 1. Andhra; 2. Karnata; 3. Madura; 4. Chandragiri; 5. Jinji; 6. Tanjore". Here the three great Nayakships of Madura, Tanjore and Jinji have been mixed up with the three viceroyalties created by Tirumala.