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THE VIJAYANAGARA KINGS
Raghunātharājayadēva-Mahārāja in Śaka 1484 (No.265).
14. Sūrappa-Nāyaka, son of Pottappi-Nāyaka of the Kāśyapa-gōtra, wield-
ing authority at Ādanūr in Magadai-maṇḍalam in Śaka 1474
(No. 465).
72. King Veṅkaṭapati is represented by six inscriptions. Of these No. l198
dated in Śaka 1514 which comes from Animala in the Kamalapuram taluk of the
Cuddapah district mentions the gifts made by Gaṅgādhararāja Dēvachōḍa-
Mahārāja, son of Guruvarāja-Basavarāja of the Kāśyapa-gōtra, evidently a Maṭla
feudatory in charge of the territory. No. 271 from Sambaṭūru in the Cuddapah
district refers to a certain Nārappa as the Mudrakartā of Raghunātharāya, who
was himself under Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Jillēḷḷa Raṅgapatirājadēva-Mahārāja in
Śaka 1527, while No. 325 of Śaka 1522 registers the gifts of lands made by
a certain Nārāyaṇayya, son of Purāṇam Bhūpaya for worship in certain temples
at Prāntakōṭa (the modern Prātakōṭa) for the merit of Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara
Rāmarāja Gōpālarājayyadēva-Mahārāja. Of the Tamil records of the king from
the Tirukkoyilur taluk of the South Arcot district, No. 506, dated in Śaka 1517
refers to Veṅkaṭapati I and the (Gingee) chief Koṇḍappa-Nāyaka, for whose merit
some lands called Malaiyārēndal appear to have been endowed by Veṅka[ṭama-Nāyaka], to a Vishṇu shrine at Elavānāśūr. In No. 426 from Tiruppālaippandal
which is dated in Śaka 14[7]6, Ānanda, and purports to belong to the reign (pṛithvi-rājyam) of Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Veṅkaṭapatirāya, the date quoted would
appear to be wrong if Veṅkatapati were not identical with Veṅkaṭādri, the
brother of Aḷiya Rāmarāya, who was in charge of the country round Tiruvaiyāru
in Śaka 1480 (A. S. R.1911-12, p.179). The inscription under notice mentions
a chief by name Kulaśēkhara-Vāṇādarāya for whose merit a gift of land was made.
Śrīraṅgarāya.
73. Two copper-plate grants (Nos. 13 and 14) received from Nandyal in the
Kurnool district, are both of them dated in Śaka 1569, Sarvajit, in the reign
of Śrīraṇgarāya, Mahārāya. They purport to have been issued by the Nāḍigas, Reḍḍis, Karaṇas and merchants of Nandyāla to one Timmaya, son
of Saruvaya of the Dāsari community, authorising him to collect some specified.
contributions from several communities and villages in that locality, for the
expenses of the Chapparam festival in the temple of god Veṅkaṭēśvara
apparently at Nandyal itself, which had been discontinued for some years
previously owing to avāntaram (troublous times). The grants bear at the
beginning the word, ‘Śrī-Veṅkaṭēśvara’, which appears to be an invocation to the
god of that name, and does not stand for the sign-manual of the later Vijayanagara kings. As such, these two documents may have been in the nature of
private arrangements between the specified parties, which apparently did not
require or obtain the cognizance of the authorities. A local Muslim chieftain or
officer by name Hajarati Khān Khān Sāheb is mentioned in both these records for
whose merit the gift is said to have been made. A fragmentary stone record of
the same king which comes from Tiruchchendurai (No.148) is dated in Śaka 1581,
Vikāri and registers some provision made for the sacred bath of the god at that
village.
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