Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c9.s5.83

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⁴ The date of the battle is disputed. Firishtah, Briggs, *The Rise*, III, pp. 126, 414; Hultzsch, *I.A.*, XIII, p. 154; Sewell places it on Tuesday, January 23rd. *For. Emp.*, p. 202; Francis, *Bellary Gaz.*, p. 42 follows him. (Ch. II of the Bellary Gazetteer was written by Francis with the help of Sewell, Preface). Burgess calculates it as January 25th. *Chronology*, p. 41. Heras, on the 25th January. *Aravidu*, p. 217. In the *Rāma Rāyana Bakhair*, we have the date 1st of May, A.D. 1564. *Rāma Rāyana Bakhair* Ed. by T. Tātāchāryaśarma, pp. 4-5. See also R. S. Aiyar, *J. I. H.* VI., P. I., p. 67, seq. As regards the name, the Rev. Heras, who is the only writer, so far as I know, who has rejected the name Tālikōṭa for the more correct designation given above, writes consistently Raksas-Tagdi. This, I presume, is due to his having relied on the Maratha account of the battle as given in the Maratha copy of the MS. *Rāma Rāyana Bakhair*. The correct name is *Rākshasa-Taṅgaḍi*. The printed copy of *Rāma Rāyana Bakhair* and the MS. versions in the Mack. Collection, in the India Office Library which I have examined, confirm this. B.A.S.