The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c26.89

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The new ruler was to be the most illustrious of the princes of Ikeri, and was destined to become for time the rival of Mysore in his wars of conquest; but since most of his achievements as a successful conqueror belong to the period subsequent to the death of Venkata II, we shall refer to them all in the following volume. Mr. Sewell qualifies him as a ‘weak ruler’ 2, a statement that appears entirely false; for he was a valiant and enterprising general as well as a shrewd politician. It has also been said that he threw off his dependence on the Vijayanagara Emperor 3, though no reliable proof of this has been yet afforded. As a matter of fact, we have convincing proofs of his loyalty to Venkata II in the aforesaid inscription of 1592 and in another of 1614, at Udipi, South Kanara, in which mention is made of the grant of the village of Huvinakere by Venkatappa Nayak of Keladi to the local Krishnamatha 4. In both, the Ikeri chief acknowledges Venkata II as his sovereign.