The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c9.248

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During the reign of Sadasiva in 1554 the outer petha of Bagur, Chitaldroog District, which was in ruins, was rebuilt and name Krishnapura, after the name Ere Krishnappa Nayaka, the founder of the Belur family. Special inducements were held out to settlers in the new petha, such as freedom from taxation for one year and confirmation of the exclusion of old claims if they took possession¹. We are not told what those claims were about, but we venture to suppose that they were jurisdiction quarrels with neighbouring villagers.