Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c15.s10.35

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In later days also Vijayanagara could boast of gallant soldiers. Rāma Rāja proceeded towards Kalyāṇa which he besieged. The *Sivatattvaratnākara*, which informs us these details, tells us that during the siege, the Regent summoned all his generals before him, and throwing the weapon called *yamadaṁṣṭrikā* into the fort, asked which of them would enter the fort and fetch him back the instrument. All the generals except Sadāśiva Nāyaka kept silent. Sadāśiva Nāyaka stormed the fort and brought back the weapon to his master. The sovereign was greatly pleased with this and he bestowed upon him the titles *kōṭe-kōlāhala* and *rājanāyaka* together with the governorship of Guṭṭi, Bārakūru, and Maṅgaḷūru.²