Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c9.s6.21

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Reputed to have been founded by the Yādava king Immaḍi Narasiṁha, about A.D. 1000, Chandragiri strove to attain some prominence under the Yādavas² till the vicissitudes of the mediaeval rulers placed it finally under the charge of the Vijayanagara Emperor Sāḷuva Narasiṁha. This ruler made it the store-house of his treasures³; and it may reasonably be supposed that Kṛṣṇa Dēva Rāya occasionally made it one of his provincial seats.⁴ With the advent of the Āraviḍu dynasty, it became the seat of Veṅkaṭa, the third brother of Rama Rāya.⁵ It was transformed now into the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire.⁶