Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c7.s3.61

v1.c7.s3.61

Recently two palm-leaf manuscripts in Kannada called *Paradāra Sōdara Rāmana Kathe* by Nañjuṇḍa, and *Kumāra Rāmana Sāṅgatya* by Gaṅga, both dealing exhaustively with the conquests of a king Kampila, have been brought to light by Mr. M. H. Rama Sarma.¹ These two accounts, while recapitulating the elements of truth as given in the version of Firishtah and the *Tārīkh-i Fīrūs-Shāhi*, make the two brothers, according to the opinion of Mr. Rāma Sarma, officers of the treasury of the Rāja of Kampila. Mr. Sarma's arguments may be summarized thus: