16 PEDIGREE OF THE* 



of his raj by the arms of Tipu. The history of the Vijayanagar kings, as 

 given in the family pedigree, thus concludes. On the capture of Sriranga- 

 patam, the country was divided between the Nizam and the Company ; 1,500 

 Rupees per mensem were allowed by the Company to the Raj a of Bijanagar, 

 but he continued thenceforth subject to the Nizam, holding the town and 

 some lands around Anagimdi, ( Bijauagar) the ancient capital, as a Jagir 

 from the Nizam. In 1829-30, the infant Raja died, and there being no heir, 

 the Jagir has lapsed to the Nizam's Government, and the pension of 1,500 

 Rupees per mensem to the Company. 



PEDIGREE 



OF THE 



KINGS OF VIJAYANAGAR, 



TRANSLATED BY 



Mr. E. C. RAVENSHAW. 



The following pedigree was given to me by the Guru, or Priest of the 

 family, whose business it is to keep the Book of the Chronicles. 



The early part of the genealogical tree is merely an extract from the Chandravansa 

 line of the Purdnas, with considerable misplacements and inaccuracies. It commences 

 with Pandu, from whom the Vijayanagar princes consider themselves descended. 



Pandu Raya, King of Hastinapur, was cotemporary with KRISHNA, King of 

 Mathura, at the end of Dwdpdr Yuga. The list contains 122 generations, or rather 

 reigns ; and, if we divide 4929 by this number, it does not give more than 40 years 

 for each reign, which is moderate for an Eastern Chronicle*. 



* Cbronologists, however, allow about 20 years to a generation, hence 122 X 20=2440=609 

 B. C, wbicli is probably a nearer approximation to the truth. 



