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'''Damarla Chennapa Nayaka'''{{efn|The last name is also found written as '''Nayakudu''', '''Nayudu''', or '''Nayakkar''', depending on the language and orientation of the writers. The first name (which is a family name) is also written as '''Damal''', a simplified form.}} was a [[Telugu language|Telugu]] [[Nayak of Kalahasti|Nayak]] ruler of [[Kalahasti]] and [[Vandavasi]] under the suzerainty of [[Vijayanagara Empire|Vijayanagar]] emperor [[Venkatapati Raya]]. He was also the ''Dalavoy'' or the Commander-in-Chief of the emperor.<ref>{{ cite book|title= History of Gingee and its Rulers |author= Dr. Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar|url= https://archive.org/details/historyofgingeea035396mbp| publisher= The Annamalai University|year = 2005|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofgingeea035396mbp/page/n143 132]|isbn=978-1-135-95970-8 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=mVRuAAAAMAAJ|title=Chennai Not Madras: Perspectives on the City|last=Vēṅkaṭācalapati|first=Ā Irā|last2=Aravindan|first2=Ramu|date=2006-01-01|publisher=Marg Publications|isbn=9788185026749|language=en}}</ref> The line of [[Nayak (title)|Nayak]]s were chieftains during the [[Vijayanagara Empire|Vijayanagar empire]] and attained full power after its decline, becoming independent Nayaks.<ref>{{ cite book|title= Varahishwara Temple - a history of Darmarla |author= Nanditha Krishna|url=https://books.google.com/?id=7L8LHAAACAAJ| publisher= C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation, Chennai|year = 2001 }}</ref><br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* 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&nbsp;cm. ; Oxford India paperbacks ; Includes bibliographical references and index ; {{ISBN|0-19-564399-2}}.<br />
*K.A. Nilakanta Sastry, History of South India, From Prehistoric times to fall of Vijayanagar, 1955, OUP, (Reprinted 2002) {{ISBN|0-19-560686-8}}.<br />
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