The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c22.23

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In the meantime Venkata mustered an army of one hundred thousand men, the leaders of which were Yeltumraj, Gulang Setti and Manupraj, and set out to recover Gandikota from the hands of Sanjur Khan. Here the Hindus were daily harassed by sallies from the garrison; but they persevered in the siege till they heard that Murtaza Khan, with the main army of the Muhammadans, had captured the city of Karpa and destroyed its famous temples. Venkata, on being told of this, detached Yeltumraj and Manupraj with ten thousand cavalry to attack Murtaza Khan, and probably followed them shortly after with the rest of his army¹.