[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.c19.41 # The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c19.41 The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c19.41 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.heras-1927.v1.c19.41) His subjection to the Vijayanagara overlords is clearly shown in the epigraphical records in the first years of his reign. In 1577, ‘during the reign of Sri Ranga Raya,’ Virappa Nayaka made a gift of land for the merit of his father Krishnappa Nayaka to a temple of Krishnapuram, as stated in a local inscription ³. In the following year Virappa Nayaka, who calls himself ‘an agent to the King,’ made a gift of land to a temple in Sermadevi for conducting certain festivals ⁴. And in the year 1579, a record of Ranga in the Appar temple of Sermadevi, Tinnevelly, mentions Visvanatha Krishnappa Virappa Nayaka as his feudatory ⁵. - [Previous: v1.c19.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.heras-1927.v1.c19.40) - [Next: v1.c19.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.heras-1927.v1.c19.42) - [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.c19.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.heras-1927.v1.c19.41) · Pramāṇa