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³ Ibid., Nr. 67, p. 157. The late Mr. Venkoba Rao suggested the follwing—"...A. D. 1500 was the traditional date for the acquisition by Sri Vyasarayasvami of the green flag—rather the green umbrella—on a camel". *Vyāsayōgicharitam*, Intr. pp. xiii, cxxxix. The same writer also suggested that the green flag may have come from Babur. *Ibid*., p. cxxx. As regards the Vijayanagara rulers acquiring the green umbrella, (*Sāḷuvābhudayam*, Canto VII), it appears that Sāḷuva Nrisimha also possessed one. See Venkoba Rao, ibid., cviii. See *supra*, Volume I., Ch. V. Sec. 3 for the remarks of 'Abdur Razzāq on the umbrellas borne before the daṇḍyaka, B.A.S.