The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c23.10

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Prof. Sathyanatha Aiyar says that there is no doubt about Virappa's loyalty to Venkata ⁵. But we are sure that on this occasion the former's rebellion, recorded in the *Chikkadevaraya Vamsavali*, took place. Anquetil du Perron says that before the year 1595, the Madura Nayaka refused to pay due homage to the Emperor of Vijayanagara on the ground that the latter had murdered his legitimate sovereign ⁶. This cannot be understood to refer to Virappa's first rebellion which took place about 1583. For then Venkata was merely Viceroy of the Tamil country; moreover both sources, the French traveller and the Hindu poem, state that at the time of this rebellion of the Madura Nayaka, Venkata was already seated on the jewelled throne of Vijayanagara.