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 enemies slain. The next is when he besieged Inukurthi in 1361 A.D. and defeated an army- headed by 101 chiefs who claimed descent from the Lunar line. His brother Mada Naidu gave him great help in this attack. He had a separate seat of Government at Devarakonda which was well improved and fortified during his time.

The Anapotha tank dug in his own name, and the construction of a Pratiganda Bhairava temple on its bund are dated 1368 A.D., as proved by an inscription. There are two other inscriptions of the same year on the bund and therefore belonging to his own time. An inscription of the year 1369 A.D. speaks of his gift of the village Ayyanabrolu to Mylara Deva an idol of the same place in memory of- a glorious military campaign. In 1380 A.D., he built another tank known as Raya Samudram and set upon its bund the idol of Bhairava. The construction of steps from the foot of