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 The destruction of palace records consequent on the Nawab's occupying North Mallur marks the end of any history of the previous members of the royal line. Several valuable gifts and glorious presents of the ancestors, along with the throne of gold, the chief asset of Yerra Dacha Naidu, the fourth member of this line, fell into the hands of the Nawab. What a different history would have been possible if the several Pharmanas gained by the predecessors down from the parent member Bhetala Naidu had been intact without being destroyed by the Muhammadans. The few Pharmanas now available in the records are only those that were granted to the subsequent Rajahs. The historic nature of the tragedy was examined and proclaimed to the world during the days of the late Maharajah Sir V. Rajagopala Krishna Yachendra Bahadur. The particular plot of ground where the tent treachery took place is even now known as Dera Gunta (tent-pit) and there are two temples with the images of the heroic women who thus sacrificed their lives.