The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c30.78
The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c30.78
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As a mater of fact, Fr. Countinho in the same letter calls Tirumala 'the heir of this kingdom' ³. Again Tirumala is called 'the crown prince' by Fr. Guerreiro in 1604 ⁴; and Fr. Coutinho once more calls him 'the Prince', in a letter of 1608 ⁵, although in the same letter he states that Venkata 'does not want either to name or to hear anybody talk of Tirumala' ⁶. Such was the hatred of the sovereign for the elder of his two nephews. Thereupon prince Tirumala retired from Seringapatam, as already narrated, according to the wishes of Venkata himself.