Damarla Chennapa Nayakadu

Damarla Chennapa Naicker was the Tamil Nayak ruler of Kalahasti and Vandavasi under the suzerainty of Vijayanagar emperor Venkatapati Raya. He was also the Dalavoy or the Commander-in-Chief of the emperor.[1][2] The city of Chennai is widely believed to have been named after him[3][4] but some historians postulated other theories.[5][6] The line of Nayaks were chieftains during the Vijayanagar empire and attained full power after its decline, becoming independent Nayaks.[7]

References
  1. Dr. Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar (2005). History of Gingee and its Rulers. The Annamalai University. pp. 132. ISBN 978-1-135-95970-8.
  2. Vēṅkaṭācalapati, Ā Irā; Aravindan, Ramu (1 January 2006). Chennai Not Madras: Perspectives on the City. Marg Publications. ISBN 9788185026749.
  3. "District Pofile - CHENNAI". Chennai.tn.nic.in. Archived from the original on 14 January 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
  4. C S Srinivasachari (1939). History of the City of Madras. pp. 63–69.
  5. More, J. B. P. (J. B. Prashant). Origin and foundation of Madras (First ed.). Chennai. ISBN 978-81-927639-4-1. OCLC 893309605.
  6. Warrier, Shobha (27 August 2014). "'There's no word like Chennai in Tamil'". Rediff. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  7. Nanditha Krishna (2001). Varahishwara Temple - a history of Darmarla. C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation, Chennai.

Further reading
  • Velcheru Narayana Rao and David Shulman, Sanjay Subrahmanyam. Symbols of substance : court and state in Nayaka period Tamilnadu (Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998) ; xix, 349 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm. ; Oxford India paperbacks ; Includes bibliographical references and index ; ISBN 0-19-564399-2.
  • K.A. Nilakanta Sastry, History of South India, From Prehistoric times to fall of Vijayanagar, 1955, OUP, (Reprinted 2002) ISBN 0-19-560686-8.
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