The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c7.10

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chronicler. And even Krishna Sastri states that Nuniz's descriptions may not be altogether far from the truth (*A. S. I., Report for 1908-9*, p. 187). On the other hand we find in an inscription of the Sundararajaperumal temple at Valarpuram that Achyuta 'took all countries', (27 of 1911), and we know from two epigraphical records of Kanchivaram of his brilliant campaign in Travancore, from the King of which he received tribute, the acquisition of Tinnevelly ending with his marriage to the daughter of the Pandya King, (49 and 50 of 1900). How then can the opinion of Nuniz be reconciled with these military exploits? From Sewell's *Forgotten Empire*, p. 177-8, we learn that the Portuguese, who were such good friends of Vijayanagara during the reign of Krishna Deva Raya, turned into foes as soon as his successor ascended the masnad. Is not Nuniz's condemnation of him a tacit apology for the Portuguese enmity?