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Virabhadra. He inflicted a defeat on a large Mussalman force and ruled the Andhramandala in a great glory.
Sadāsiva Raya who succeeded Achyutarāya to the throne of Vijayanagara is stated to have appointed Mahāmandaleśvara Rāmarāja as Governor of Kondavidu. Sadāśiva Raya ruled for 26 years. The combined forces of the Pādshāhs assassinated Aliya Rāmaraja in ś. 1483. But in other records the event is said to have taken place in ś. 1486 (A. D. 1564).
Malik Ibrahim Padshah, the Nawab of Golconda sent his general Murtuja Khan to seize the fort of Kondavidu. Aaccordingly the general captured the fort and demolished all the temples and renamed the town Gopina hapura as Murtujāmnagar. But shortly Virapratāpa Tirumaladeva Mahārāya driving out all the Muslim forces beyond the river Krishna recaptured the Kondavidu fort. His son Sri Rangarāyadeva Mahārāja came to power; during his reign the village Morampudi was granted to the god Gangādhara Rāmasvāmi in ś. 1494 (A. D. 1572).
Ibrahim Padshah again captured Kondavidu and the rājya to the south of Krishna including the forts of Bellamkonda and Vinukonda through a Hindu general named Rāyarao. He further proceeded to Kochcherlakota and driving out the Velama chiefs captured that fort and also Addanki, Ammanabrolu Kandukuru, Podili, Darsi, Kambam, Kakarla, Dupādu, Tamgeda, Gurijala, Ketavaram and Kodepǔdi. Finally he captured Kondavidu in śaka 1502 (A. D. 1580). Megotti Timma, its governor, having received some bribe of brass varāhas handed over the fort to Rāyarao, the general of the Pādshah. Thus the country became part of the Golkonda kingdom.
The Padshah arranged for the administration of this region with Murtujamnagar as its capital and Bellamkonda and Vinukonda as dependent parganas, naming it as Murtujamnagar Sarkar. The Sarkar was divided into 14 samuts; viz. Paladugu, Pulivarru, Prattipādu, Samtarāvǔru, Nǔtakki, Chebrolu, Pānyam, Mangalagiri, Munugodu, Nãdenḍla, Rāvipãḍu, Kuchipudi, Guntur and Tadikonda. The Samuts were administered by the officers called Choudaris, Deshmukhsand Deshpandes.
The Dāvulūru Kaifiyat (Tenali-27) mentions a different list of samuts and the number of villages in each Samut included in the Kondavidu Sarkar.
- 1. Addanki sima .....55 illages
- 2. Ammanabrolu ......55 "
- 3. Kandukuru ........65 "
- 4. Nelluru sima ....150 "
- 5. Udayagiri sima .. 80 "
