The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c25.56

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6. Krishnappa was probably one of the chiefs who revolted against Venkata II in the beginning of the latter’s reign; for, we see him imprisoned by Venkata, early during the siege of Penukonda by the Golkonda forces ⁹. On the occasion of his rebellion, the Emperor sent against him an army under the command of one Venkata, an elder brother of the Kalahasti chief Ankabhupala. Venkata marched against Krishnappa and defeated him ¹. It seems that Krishnappa fell into the hands of the victorious generals, for he was afterwards kept 'in the Emperor's prison' ². Such is the expression used by Ramabhadramba in her *Raghunathabhyudayam*; it has been supposed, however, that this Emperor's prison was in the capital itself, Penukonda ³. During the time of his confinement the Jinji territory seems to have been ruled by Venkata, the general who had defeated the Nayak; because the same *Ushaparinayam*, that gives us the information about his victory, says that after this event Venkata 'constructed in his territory (viz. Krishnappa's) a large tank, and named it Chennasagaram after his father' ⁴. This seems to imply a long stay in the Jinji country.