The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c18.63

v1.c18.63

6. Ranga I, probably, soon won his liberty by a heavy ransom; because the inscriptions of the following year 1577 show him ‘ruling at Penukonda’⁴. But the attack on Penukonda was renewed that very year; unquestionably Ali Adil Shah was bent on destroying the new capital of the Empire, as he had helped in the destruction of the old. We are not aware whether Adil Shah was present at the siege of the fortress; the Satya-parinayam mentions only four generals of his army. Jagadeva Raya, the Sudra chief of Baramahal, was at the moment in charge of the defence of the city; he was closely related to the Emperor by his marriage with one of the latter's daughters ¹. The attack was more than once valiantly repulsed by this hero. One general, Sujata Khan, was slain in one of the actions; another, Chitta Khan, was captured; and the other two, Murtija Khan and Naru Khan, being successively defeated, the Bijapur army was forced to raise the siege ².