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MADHURAVIJAYAM
2. SĀĻUVA MANGU
We have already seen that Mangu was the general
under Sāvaṛṇa, the prince of Udaiyagiri, who distin-
guished himself by defeating the Sambuvaraya ruler
and making him accept the Vijayanagar overlordship.
The references to Mangu are found, mostly in literary
sources, and if literature alone should be taken into ac-
count in assessing the respective worths of the various
generals that aided Kampaṇa in his mission, Mangu
easily gets the first place. We have some interesting
information about the family of Mangu in both the
Säluvabhyudayam of Rajanātha Dindima and the
Rāmabhyudayam of Sāluva Narasimha.¹0 According to
these, Mangu was the son of one Gunda, the chief of
Kalyāṇa. Three other members of the Sāluva dynasty
prior to Gunda have been mentioned-Mallidēva,
Mangidēva and Mangatha, but Gunda alone became
famous by his fine qualities and valour. The city of
Kalyana which was his capital outrivalled Amaravati
in splendour, Gunda distinguished himself by leading
an expedition into Rāmadurga where he subdued the
uncontrolled ruler of the Sabharas and also annexed
his territories.
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The information given above is contained only in
the two works already mentioned. But his exploits in
the Tamil country have been mentioned and described
in all the other sources-the Jaimini Bharatam of
Pillalāmarri Pinavīrabhadrudu,¹¹ and epigraphical re-
cords.
Rao, Head of the Department of Telugu, University of Madras, for
giving me information about the Sindhumativilāsamu.
10. Sources of Vijayanagar: (Madras University) pp. 32-34.
11. Ibid., pp. 29-30.
2. SĀĻUVA MANGU
We have already seen that Mangu was the general
under Sāvaṛṇa, the prince of Udaiyagiri, who distin-
guished himself by defeating the Sambuvaraya ruler
and making him accept the Vijayanagar overlordship.
The references to Mangu are found, mostly in literary
sources, and if literature alone should be taken into ac-
count in assessing the respective worths of the various
generals that aided Kampaṇa in his mission, Mangu
easily gets the first place. We have some interesting
information about the family of Mangu in both the
Säluvabhyudayam of Rajanātha Dindima and the
Rāmabhyudayam of Sāluva Narasimha.¹0 According to
these, Mangu was the son of one Gunda, the chief of
Kalyāṇa. Three other members of the Sāluva dynasty
prior to Gunda have been mentioned-Mallidēva,
Mangidēva and Mangatha, but Gunda alone became
famous by his fine qualities and valour. The city of
Kalyana which was his capital outrivalled Amaravati
in splendour, Gunda distinguished himself by leading
an expedition into Rāmadurga where he subdued the
uncontrolled ruler of the Sabharas and also annexed
his territories.
50
The information given above is contained only in
the two works already mentioned. But his exploits in
the Tamil country have been mentioned and described
in all the other sources-the Jaimini Bharatam of
Pillalāmarri Pinavīrabhadrudu,¹¹ and epigraphical re-
cords.
Rao, Head of the Department of Telugu, University of Madras, for
giving me information about the Sindhumativilāsamu.
10. Sources of Vijayanagar: (Madras University) pp. 32-34.
11. Ibid., pp. 29-30.