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Viswanatha Nayak was the Vijayanagara viceroy to Madurai in south India during the 16th century.〔Nayaks of Tanjore By V. Vriddhagirisan, C. S. Srinivasachariar〕 He later became the ruler of Madurai after the fall of the Vijayanagara empire. He is the founder of the Nayak dynasty of Madurai.〔〔Saints, Goddesses and Kings By Susan Bayly〕 He was supported by his general Ariyanatha Mudaliar who led Viswantha Nayak's army became second in command and took power along with the latter in Tirunelveli in southern India.〔 Viswantha Nayak was then succeeded by his son Krishnappa Nayak who along with his father's able minister Ariyanatha expanded the Madurai Kingdom under the Nayaks and brought most of the ancient Pandyan territory under its rule.〔 ==History== He was the son of Nagama Nayaka, the successful general of Krishnadevaraya in the Vijayanagara empire. In the early 16th century, the Chola ruler Veerasekara Chola invaded the Madurai country and deposed the Pandya king Chandrasekara Pandyan. The Pandya king was under the protection of the Vijayanagara empire〔The New Cambridge History of India By Gordon Johnson, Christopher Alan Bayly, J. F. Richards〕 and he appealed to the court of Vijayanagara, and an expedition under Kotikam Nagama Nayaka was sent to his aid.〔Lineage and surname of Viswanatha: https://archive.org/details/FurtherSourcesOfVijayanagaraHistory〕〔http://historion.net/r.sewell-vijayanagar-history-india/〕 Nagama suppressed the Chola ruler and took Madurai, but then suddenly he threw off his allegiance and declining to help the Pandya king, usurped the throne. The Vijayanagar emperor demanded that someone cure the defection: Nagama’s own son, Viswanatha, volunteered, and the king sent him with a large force against the rebel. He overthrew his father and handed him over to the emperor and as a reward for his loyalty the king appointed Viswanatha Nayaka as the governor of Madurai and other provinces in the Tamil country thus leading to formation of the Nayak Kingdom of Madurai in 1529.〔 Naicker community people are living in southern districts of Tamil Nadu. In Sivanganga district, the village name called Vadugapatti where thottiya naicker community people are living since epic period as well as in pottalnakudikadu in thanjavoor district. Still they are following their community oriented functions without any change. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Viswanatha Nayak」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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