History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c11.87

c11.87

timé. Kṛṣṇa Nāyak's revolt occurred sometime in 1343-44 A.D. a year or so after the death of the mighty Vīr Ballāla.³³ The confederacy is also proved by the evidence of inscriptions. In one of the earliest Reddi inscriptions dated Saka-Saṃvat 1267 (1345 A.D.) Vema is said to have built a flight of steps at Śrīśailam and he is described as the " very Agastya to the ocean of the Mlecchas." He is also said to have restored all the agrahars of Brahmans which had been taken away by the wicked Muhammadan kings from king Vira Rudra of the Kākatīya dynasty.³⁴ The author of the Arabic History of Gujarat does not give the date and only says, " Kitā Nayak (Krisna Nayak) rebelled and attacked Malik Qabūl in Arangal. The viceroy fled, and Telingana slipped away from the control of Dihli."³⁵ Firishta³⁶ who is more detailed on this topic than other Muslim chroniclers writes thus of the revolt: " About this time (744 A.H. = 1343-44 A.D.) Krisna Nayak, son of Ladder Deo, who lived in the vicinity of Warangal went to Belāl Deo, the powerful king of Carnatic, and told him that the Muhammadans had entered Telingana and Carnatic and had made up their minds to exterminate the Hindus. He suggested that something should be done to avert the crisis. Belāl Deo called a meeting of his ministers and after a good deal of deliberation decided that leaving his provinces in the rear, he should advance to the route of the army of Islam, and deliver Ma‘bar, Dhorsamundar and Kambila from Muslim control and place them in the charge of Krisna Nayak.”³⁷