The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c2.6

v1.c2.6

Father Heras then harks back to South Indian History to explain the early Telugu invasions of the Tamil country, ending with the establishment of Visvanātha Nāyaka as Nāyak (king) of Madura and the story of his successors—introducing incidentally the doings of St. Francis Xavier and other Jesuit leaders. This is followed by an account of the Nāyaks of Tanjore, Jinji and Ikeri (the very name of which last once great city has since disappeared from the general Indian maps), and of the Rājas of Mysore and other Feudatory Chiefs, including the obscure and curious Queens of Bhatkal and Ullāl.