The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c25.68

v1.c25.68

“The next day the inner part of the Castle was shewed us, having no entrance but by the Gates which are perpetually guarded. In the Court the younger sort were exercised in Tilts. Wee saw much Ordnance, Powder, and Shot; a spring also of cleare water... He (the Nayak) was guarded homeward with a thousand armed men: in the Streete were ranked three hundred Elephants as it were fitted to the warre. At the Porch one entertained him with an Oration in his praise, a thing usuall in their solemne pompes. Christapanaichus (Krishnappa Nayaka), (that is his name)