A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c15.10

c15.10

Amid this confusion of overlapping dates we turn for help to Nuniz; but though his story, gathered from tradition about the year 1535, is clear and consecutive, it clashes somewhat with the other records. According to him, Deva Râya II. had a son, Pina Râya, who died six months after his attempted assassination; but we have shown that Abdur Razzâk conclusively establishes that this unfortunate monarch was Deva Râya II. himself, and that the crime was committed before the month of April 1443. Pina Râya left a son unnamed, who did nothing in particular, and was succeeded by his son "Verupaca," by which name Virûpâksha is clearly meant. Virûpâksha was murdered by his eldest son, who in turn was slain by his younger brother, "Padea Rao," and this prince lost the kingdom to the usurper Narasimha.