The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c7.5

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² No worse description of Achyuta’s character stands recorded than the one left by Nuniz: “The King Chytarao, after he ascended the throne, gave himself over to vice and tyranny. He is a man of very little honesty and, on account of this, the people and the captains are much discontented with his evil life and inclinations; for he has never done anything except those things that are desired by his two brothers-in-law who are men very evilly disposed and great Jews”. Sewell, p. 367, Sewell, p. 166 naturally agrees with his