[621]--Note that Madura is not mentioned in these lists.And yet it would appear that a Nayakka,or subordinate chief of Vijayanagar,had been ruling at that place since 1499.Mr.Nelson,in his work,"The Madura Country,"gives the following list of Nayakkas there:--A.D.
Narasa Nayakka1499--1500
Tenna Nayakka1500--1515
Narasa Pillai (a Tamulian)1515--1519
Kuru Kuru Timmappa Nayakka1519--1524
Kattiyama Kamayya Nayakka1524--1526
Chinnappa Nayakka1526--1530
Ayyakarai Veyyappa Nayakka1530--1535
Visvanatha Nayakka Ayyar1535--1544
Four others are mentioned before we come to the great Visvanatha Nayakka,who founded an hereditary dynasty,though himself only a deputy of the crown.He ruled Madura from 1559to 1563.Muttu Krishnappa (1602--1609)seems to have been the first to assume royal titles at Madura.His son,Muttu Virappa (1609--1623),is stated,in the narrative of the Portuguese writer Barradas (above,p.230),to have paid a tribute in A.D.1616to the Vijayanagar king at Chandragiri of 600,000pagodas;he had several vassal kings under him,and must have already obtained great power.It is possible that,in the time of Nuniz,Madura was not one of the greater provinces,but that it became so later.
The names Choromandel,Negapatam,and Tanjore are easy to distinguish in this list."Bomgarin"I cannot identify,though the termination,GARIM,may represent GIRI,"mountain.""Dapatao"may be Devipatnam."Truguel"seems to have some affinity with Tirukovil.It cannot be the "Truguel"mentioned by Barros and others as one of the fortresses given to Asada Khan by the king of Vijayanagar (above,p.175),because those were close to Belgaum,while this "Truguel"was in the extreme south "Caullim"may be Kayal.
[622]--Above,p.300,note 1.
[623]--Udayagiri.
[624]--Kondavid.
[625]--Pennakonda.
[626]--(?)Kanigiri,Nellore district.Codegaral MAY represent Gandikota,the termination GIRI,"hill,"being substituted for KOTA,"fort,"E.G.GANDIGIRI.