A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c14.105

c14.105

But since royal titles are not given to the deceased, he may have been only a prince of the blood. An inscription at Tanjore, also dated in A.D. 1446, mentions the name Deva Râya, but gives no further royal titles than the *biruda*—"Lord of the four oceans."⁴ An inscription bearing date corresponding to Saturday, August 2 A.D. 1449, at Conjeeveram,⁵ records a grant by a king called Vîra Pratâpa Praudha-Immadi-Deva Râya, to whom full royal titles are given.