The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c23.151

v1.c23.151

14. Shortly after the war with Venkata, Muttu Virappa was engaged in another war. Fr. Laerzio, writing from Cochin on December 25th, 1611, says that he was going on his usual visit to all the houses of his Province. On the 22nd of September he was in the College at St. Thome; but he was prevented from proceeding to Madura on account of the war between the Nayak of Madura and the Nayak of Negapatam ⁵. It was usual among the Jesuits to call Nayak of Negapatam the Nayak of Tanjore¹. Nothing is hitherto known either about the cause or the result of this war between Madura and Tanjore. Did it break out because the Tanjore Nayak had given his aid to the Emperor the year before, while going to subdue the rebel Muttu Virappa? We shall see that this feud between the two houses, that came to a head and burst in Venkata's reign, continued unabated till the extinction of one of them; and that very soon, just after the death of the Emperor, the Madura and Tanjore Nayaks again came to blows.