The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c23.16

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¹ Accorrding to this poem, "Virappa Nayaka managed to bribe the several generals of the Emperor's army. Tirumala Raya, the Emperor's nephew, was also one of those who accepted the bribe and, without continuing the siege of Madura, retired to the capital of his own viceroyalty to Seringapatam". Dr. S. Krishnaswami Aiyangar, *Sources*, p. 19 and p. 248, note; and Mr. Richards, *Salem Gazetteer*, p. 67, admit this account without further discussion. Cf. Sathyanatha Aiyar, *History of the Nayaks*, p. 17; p. 81, note 17, and p. 99, note 9, where Dr. Krishnaswami gives a similar account of the course of events. This account is quite inconsistent with the information given by Anqutil du Perron, *viz.* the submission of the Nayak, confirmed by the inscriptions of his successor Krishnappa II, early in 1595. Neither can we believe that Prince Tirumala was one of the generals of the army; for he would have been too young then for such a task. The whole passage seems to be a poet's concoction for justifying Raja Wodeyar's capture of Seringapatam. "Hearing of these events", continues the poem, "the Mysore chief Raja Wodeyar resolved to drive the traitor Tirumala Raya from his Viceroyalty". *l. c.* Now the poet speaks of this capture of Seringapatam as immediately following Tirumala's supposed treason in Madura. Fourteen years separate these two events.