The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c9.39

v1.c9.39

Rama Raya, shortly after Sadasiva's coronation, showed his prudence as well as his decision, in an event related by Correa. Once when marching against the Sultan of Bijapur, a number of captains and nobles, discontented with the Regent's rule, proposed to him to abdicate, that they might proceed to a new election. Rama Raya apparently agreed, and invited them to return to Vijayanagara where the election was to be held. Then he assembled them in the royal palace, which was secretly defended by his relations and adherents. Once the rebel nobles were inside, all the gates of the palace were shut; the insurgent nobles were then seized by the partisans of Rama Raya. Many of the poor prisoners were slain; others suffered the amputation of their feet or the extraction of their eyes ⁵.