The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c25.53

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We know nevertheless that after the death of his father, Krishnappa Nayaka, who must have been then a young man, was imprisoned by his uncle in the same fortress of Jinji. But “by helpe of his friends”, says Fr. Pimenta, “he forced (his uncle) to become in the same place (prison) his unwilling successour, having put out his eyes” ⁷. Anquetil du Perron, who records the same fact, adds that Krishnappa was freed by his own subjects ⁸.