Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c15.s10.13

v1.c15.s10.13

The same brutality characterized the dealings of the later Nāyakas of the south with each other. Dalavāyi Veṅkaṭa Kṛishṇappa Nāyaka stormed Tanjore, and "had the head of Achyuta-Vijia-Rāgava Naicker (of Tanjore), and of his son, cut off, and taking these, together with many rich jewelled garments, . . . he entered the town (Trichinopoly), and presented the two heads of the Tanjore persons, and jewelled robes, before the Maha raja Sri Raja-Chokanatha-Naicker's presence . . .".³