[474] -- I.E. the Balaghat, or country above the ghats. "The high land on the top is very flatte and good to build upon, called Ballagatte and Decan, and is inhabited and divided among divers kings and governors" (Linschoten, i. 65). Correa divides this part of India into "Bisnega, Balagate, and Cambay." [475] -- This is the Portuguese rendering of the Adil Khan, or Adil Shah of Bijapur. "Idalxa" represents the latter title. [476] -- The description applies best to the Malprabha River, and perhaps "Duree" represents Dharwar. [477] -- Anegundi. [478] -- He was at that time only chief or king of Anegundi, Vijayanagar not having been yet founded. [479] -- These basket-boats are described by Paes (see above, p. 259). [480] -- I have not been able to identify this name. It is possible that the first syllable represents the word SRI, and that the whole may have been a special appellation of the upper fortress or citadel, on the rocky heights above the town of Anegundi. [481] -- There had been no special war with Anegundi that we know of; but the Rajah of that place had very possibly been directly affected by, if not actually engaged in, the wars between the Hindu Hoysala Ballalas and the rulers of Warangal and Gujarat on the one hand, and the Muhammadan invaders from Delhi on the other. [482] -- See Introduction, p. 13. "His kingdoms" (SEUS REYNOS) refers to the territories of Muhammad Taghlaq, whose barbarities had resulted in the wasting and depopulation of large tracts. [483] -- See above, p. 294, note 1. [484] -- Spelt below "Meliquy niby" and "Mileque neby;" evidently for MALLIK NAIB, the king's deputy. [485] -- Above, p. 19 ff. [486] -- Deva Raya. This was the general title of the Vijayanagar kings; thus, Harihara Deva Raya, Bukka Deva Raya, Krishna Deva Raya, &c. This first king is given no personal name by Nuniz. There were afterwards two kings who are known to history by the names Deva Raya I. and Deva Raya II., with no personal name prefixed. [487] -- This same tale is told of many kings and chiefs in Southern India. The "Tazkarat-ul-Muluk" (IND. ANT., May 1899, p. 129) also relates it of the Bahmani Sultan Ahmad Shah (1422 -- 35), alleging that it was the behaviour of a hunted hare that induced him to make Bidar his capital. [488] -- This was the great Sringeri Guru, Madhavacharya, surnamed VIDYARANYA, or "Forest of Learning." This derivation of the name of the city is very common, but is believed to be erroneous. [489] -- The large temple of Virupaksha at Hampe. [490] -- Bukka Raya. [491] -- PUREOYRE probably represents "Harihara." This king was not the first to coin PARDAOS or pagodas. A pagoda of Bukka I. is known (IND. ANT., xx. 302). [492] -- See above, p. 51. There is no name amongst those of this dynasty with which this can be at present connected. [493] -- Ceylon. [494] -- Coromandel (note, p. 239 above). [495] -- Vijaya Rao. [496] -- Quilon.