The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c21.82

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Chandragiri had in ancient times been the stronghold of the Yadavas. One of its rulers, Toya-Yadava, entertained Ramanuja when fleeing from the Chola country 2. According to a palm-leaf book, once in the possession of one of the village officers, the founder of the town was the Yadava King Immadi Narasimha, who lived about A. D. 1000 3. According to local tradition, the Chandragiri fort had been built or at least enlarged by the Vijayanagara Emperor Narasimha Saluva, who made it the store-house of his treasures 4. As a matter of fact the Portuguese used often to call it Narsinga, after the name of this sovereign. Since Krishna Deva Raya is occasionally called 'Raja of Chandragiri', it is likely that he either conquered or improved this fort, or even that he lived in it at times 5. In that case the great Mahal, still standing at the foot of rocky hill crowned by the fortress, may have been built by that great Emperor; while to his brother and successor, Achyuta Raya, is attributed the smaller Ladies' Mahal 6. The same Achyuta makes mention, in the copperplates of July 13th, 1532, of the ‘kingdom of Chandragiri’ ¹; and in another inscription of 1540 at Pushpagiri mention is likewise made of the general Timmarasayya, son of Somarasayya of Chandragiri ².