History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c7.134

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edged the suzerainty of Dihli is uncorroborated, and in the absence of further evidence we may conclude from Ballāla's enormous power that he ruled practically as an independent monarch, a fact established by an inscription of 1328 A.D., in which one Machya Dannāyaka who ruled at Penugoda is described as his vassal.