The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c22.48

v1.c22.48

Accordingly, numerous inscriptions of the following years acknowledge Venkata as the sovereign of the Telugu country. In 1586-7 while the first campaign was going on, two inscriptions proclaim Venkata the ruler of Udayagiri⁴. A similar inscription dated 1612 is found in Rapur, Nellore ⁵. In 1514, the chief Marakampi Nayaningaru, in Nellore, declares himself feudatory of Venkata ⁶. At the end of his reign, a village in Udayagiri which had been bestowed before by his father Tirumala was again granted by him to some one ⁷, and there are besides two inscriptions of 1616, that mention Venkata as the ruling sovereign ⁸.