The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c30.69

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6. We know of the existence of three nephews of Venkata. One was called Ramana. He was the son of one of the sisters of the King, and was living at court, at least in 1604-1606⁴. The other two were the sons of Rama, the Viceroy of Seringapatam, of whom we have often spoken before. Queen Venkatamba ceased to champion the cause of the boy, apparently in 1599. In this year, according to Anquetil du Perron, "Venkata's nephew, Chima Ragion (Ranga,) was the heir-apparent to the crown", in spite of the more grounded rights of his elder brother Tirumala⁵. Ranga therefore was the Prince who, in the same year, was sitting on the same mat as Venkata, when the Jesuit Fathers were received at his court⁶. And du Jarric relates that after this audience with the King, the Jesuits received several visits of the grandees; and among these visitors one was "a nephew of the king, called Chimaragu (Ranga), who is the first after the King and his heir" ⁷. "He was a very handsome and prudent man", says Queyroz⁸.