[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.heras-1927) › v1.c19.10 # The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c19.10 The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c19.10 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.heras-1927.v1.c19.10) 2. The most important state subordinate to the viceroyalty of Venkata was Madura. Only a few months after the demise of Tirumala, the King of Madura, Kumara Krishnappa Nayaka also died. The date given for this event by the Mrtyunjaya MSS. corresponds to December 3rd, 1572⁶. He had been a capable ruler and a worthy successor of his father. His successful campaigns against Tumbichchi and the Raja of Kandi proved him also a valiant and resolute warrior. He thus checked for the rest of his reign the evil ambitions of the other Palaiyakarans. The Krishnapuram plates of Sadasiva speak very highly of his qualities as well as of his deeds. Krishnappa Nayaka, according to them, was a King "of sacred fame; the ocean of mercy, who was the jewel of the family of Kasyapa...who was always studying the art of protecting others; who was a wise man; whose mind was purified with truthfulness; who shone by his desire to do good actions; who possessed great wealth; who was endowed with the virtues of a wise man; whose policy was like that of Manu ;...on whom much wealth was conferred by (the god) Visvanatha, who was pleased with his devotion" ¹. The Kuniyur plates of Venkata III eulogize him, more than half a century after, stating that he was a ruler "who was renowned in the world, who seized the diadems of hostile kings in conformity with his name (viz. who was a worthy namesake of the ancient Krishna), who governed the inhabitants of the earth with justice, whose disposition resembled that of Kubera, the lord of wealth" ². - [Previous: v1.c19.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.heras-1927.v1.c19.9) - [Next: v1.c19.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.heras-1927.v1.c19.11) - [Up: v1.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.heras-1927.v1.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Epigraphia Indica](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.ei) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.heras-1927.v1.c19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.heras-1927.v1.c19.10) · Pramāṇa