The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c30.30
The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c30.30
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That this chief was the father-in-law of Venkata II is recorded in the *Ramarajiyamu* ⁴, in the Jesuit letters ⁵ and in du Jarric ⁶. Now Fr. Barradas speaks of one Obo Raya (*sic*) brother-in-law of Venkata ⁷. Is this statement inconsistent with the above mentioned sources? Not necessarily. Oba Raya had at least two sons, as we shall soon see; one of them might easily have been called Oba Raya after his father. The custom of a son being named after his father was not unusual in those days. An inscription of 1557 at Lower Ahobalam, mentions one Obalraju, son of another Obalraju of the Pochiraju family ⁸.