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there in the middle of the said Carnatic. This splitting up of his realm and giving it away, was the cause of this emperor's ruin, for not many years passed before the princes, called Naiks, rebelled. One of these took possession of Madurey (Madura) and another of Taniaur (Tanjore), another of Maxur (Mysore), another of Cholomangalao (Choromandal). They ceased to send in their tribute, giving him nothing but a small sum just sufficient for his support. Upon his death, they crowned themselves and announced themselves princes of the countries they held. All of them were rich and powerful, taking no notice of, nor acknowledging, the descendants of the Emperor Rama Raja, their former suzerain." (III, p. 235). After Rama Raja's death, Manucci continues, his descendants lost the allegiance of the governors, and remained in the Carnatic territory in poverty, subsisting on the charity which the rebel governors gave. “There still survive some of them," he concludes (i. e., in 1700), but they keep in obscurity not to be recognized, otherwise Aurangazeb and his governors would most certainly take their lives. They subsist by begging for alms. One of them discovered himself to the Rev. Father Paul, Carmelite, and held several conversations with him. In one talk he requested him to prevail on one of the kings of Europe to send an army to his assistance. He promised that if such help were afforded, he would give a great reward, with much land and many privileges. The said father, I well know, made proposals to several European nations, but his efforts had no results.” (Storia do Mogor. III, p. 235-6).
Manucci's theory in regard to the Muhammadan kingdoms of the Deccan is absurd, but it is noteworthy that it corroborates Ferishta's statement that Rama Raja treated the Sultans as more or less servants of himself. It is also curious that something similar to Manucci's version is given by Dr. Fryer who travelled in India about 1680. (See edition 1879 p. 399).
(To be continued.) SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF THE MADHVA ACHARYAS.
BY G. VENCOBA RAO, OOTACAMUND.
. Continued from p. 244.37 For fixing the exact dates of birth and death of Madhvacharya, we must first enter into the details of the life of Narahari Tirtha, for whom we have several dates given in inscriptions, discovered in the Telugu districts. If we fix the land-marks in the life of Narahari, it would become easy to arrive at the dates for the various events in the life of Madhvacharya.
In a short poem entitled Narahariyati-stôtram, written by one Krishna, a disciple of Appayyâcharya of Vyâghrapuri, 15 it is stated that the name of Narahari Tirtha before he assumed the savinyàsâ rama was Sima Sastrin, and that he having met Ananda Tirtha, implored the latter to make him his disciple and a saunyâsin. Ananda Tirtha gave him the kashaya and named him Narahari. Leaving his guru he went by his command to the Kalinga Country to act as the regent during the minority of the prince of that country, and at the end of his tenure secured for his master the images of Rama and Sîtâ.16 His Regency extended to twelve years. Ânanda Tirtha is said to have worshipped the images for a period of eighty days and finally made them over to Padmanabha Tirtha, and went eventually to
15 Published in the Collection of Stotras, called Stúlra-mah dadhi, at Belgaum.
"पर्व या शामझामी सकल मुनिनुतं श्रीमदानन्दतीर्थ नत्वा पोवाच भज्या दिशतु मम भवान् प्रीतिपूर्व यतित्वं । श्रीपूर्णप्रज्ञनामा नरहरिमुनिरित्याहयं प्राप्य चोकः साधो त्वं गच्छ शीघ्रं गजपतिनगरं तत्र राजा भवति ॥३॥
