The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c9.220

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The other Ministers and feudatory chiefs followed the example of the King and his Regent. Timmaraja, probably Tirumala Raja, remitted the tax on the barbers in several villages 14: the Mahamandalesvara Tirumalayadeva Maharaja of Yeragudi exempted from taxes the barbers of Kalamalla ¹; Rama Raya Vitthalesvara, the cousin of Rama Raya, relieved of certain taxes the barbers of Penukonda ²; Guruvaraja and Chinna Singaraja ³ released from taxes the barbers of Bommavaram ⁴, Obasamudram ⁵ and Pottappi ⁶; Timmayadeva of Nandyala remitted the tax on the barbers of the whole of Ghandikota-sima and three villages belonging to the Indranatha temple ⁷, Pendlimarri ⁸, Bondalakunta ⁹, Lingala ¹⁰ and Nallapalli ¹¹; Nagarajaya Devamaharaja did the same with the barbers of Jonnavaram ¹², and Ramarajayya Pinnaraju Garu with those of Chinna Mudiyam ¹³, and even a private man issued in 1847-8 a charitable edict for the barbers of Podili ¹⁴.