Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c7.s1.47

v1.c7.s1.47

⁷ The fact of Ballāḷa III having changed his capital was understood in an unfavourable light by the late Mr. Krishna Sāstri. He writes: "Perhaps the change of capital by Ballāḷa III from Dhōrasamudra to Tiruvaṇṇāmalai was due not only to the fear of the Muhammadans, but also to the rising power of his feudatory chiefs Harihara I and Bukka I" (A.S.R. 1907-8, p. 236). The Rev. Heras comments on the above: "This is a totally unfounded supposition contradicted by the above facts" (Beginnings of Vijayanagara History, p. 68, note 2), and adduces in proof of what he says the same evidence from inscriptions which has been secured by independent but identical reasoning in this chapter. B.A.S.