The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c18.77

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The Aminabad inscription of Amin Mulk gives further information concerning this campaign. Besides the successive capture of the fortresses of Vinukonda, Bellamkonda, Tangeda and Kondavidu, it specifies the taking of the fort of Udayagiri which was defended by Venkata Raju—probably the brother of Ranga and his successor to be—who was driven back to the South². It seems that one of the leaders of this expedition was a Maratha Brahman called Raya Rao, who was in the service of the Qutb Shah monarch; he was the one who attacked Kondavidu, the governor of which place was assailed with bribes and surrendered in 1580³.