Damarla Chennapa Nayakadu
Damarla Chennapa Naicker was a Telugu ruler of Srikalahasti and Vandavasi who served as a Commander-in-Chief under Venkatapati Raya of Vijayanagara Empire.[1][2] The city of Chennai is named after him.[3][4] The line of Nayaks were chieftains during the Vijayanagar empire and attained full power after its decline thereby becoming Nayaks of Kalahasti. [5]
References
- ↑ Dr. Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar (2005). History of Gingee and its Rulers. The Annamalai University. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-135-95970-8.
- ↑ Vēṅkaṭācalapati, Ā Irā; Aravindan, Ramu (2006-01-01). Chennai Not Madras: Perspectives on the City. Marg Publications. ISBN 9788185026749.
- ↑ "District Pofile - CHENNAI". Chennai.tn.nic.in. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ↑ C S Srinivasachari (1939). History of the City of Madras. pp. 63–69.
- ↑ Nanditha Krishna (2001). Varahishwara Temple - a history of Darmarla. C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation, Chennai.
Further reading
- Velcheru Narayana Rao and David Shulman, Sanjay Subrahmanyam. Symbols of substance : court and state in Nayaka period Tamilnadu (Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998) ; xix, 349 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm. ; Oxford India paperbacks ; Includes bibliographical references and index ; ISBN 0-19-564399-2.
- K.A. Nilakanta Sastry, History of South India, From Prehistoric times to fall of Vijayanagar, 1955, OUP, (Reprinted 2002) ISBN 0-19-560686-8.
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