The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c21.68

v1.c21.68

Venkata is said in the *Ramarajiyamu* to have ‘defeated some enemies at Nandela’ 2. Those enemies must have been the army of the chief Krishnama of Nandyal, into whose mind the faithful Matla Ananta ‘instilled fear’, according to the expression of the Sidhout inscription 3. This means that this Anantaraja, one of Venkata’s ministers, defeated on behalf of the Emperor, or even in conjuction with him, the Nandyla chief who had revolted against his sovereign. Matla Ananta’s campaigns are likewise a recapitulation of these provincial revolts: “he killed on the battlefield the chief Ravelia Velikonda Venkatadri,” we read in the same inscription; “he was the conqueror in the batte of Jambulamandaka (Jammalamadugu) and reduced the fort of Cuttack. He defeated the chief Kondaraju Venkatadri and captured from him the town of Chennur” 4.