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still, He sent by his vakeel from the army [to Basavappa] demanding payment of the (peshcush) tribute due: on payment of which he promised that the force should draw off. The (vakil) messenger came and stated this to his honour Basavappa, who thereupon sent his vakeel Murarappa-gari, Rangappa, and Bōlē Khan: they went to the besieging ruler, and had an interview (sawal-jawab), and settled that an impost (Khandini) of 30,000 rupees should be submitted to. And in security for the payment thereof, (Basava) gave the two ambassadors as (olu) hostages. Afterwards the troops marched away.
After two months he sent the money to the invader, and recalled his two hostages, Bōlē Khan and Rangapa.
2. Afterwards, the laird of Tadimarri, (see chap, vi. 14.) who had kept in his mind his former sorrow on account of his village Etlutla having been sacked, and Yoganandum carried off, [in revenge] invaded the country of Anantapuram and plundered it. On account of this, Basavappa attacked and plundered the [Tadimarri] barony. Ramappa Nayudu of Tadimarri (the foster son of lady Nandemma,) being incensed at this, marched with his troops into the neighbourhood of Pasuloor: there he halted; and intending to plunder the Tank diggers town, he took with him the [allies] who were at Pasuloor, and halted near the well at the boundary: and some stragglers from his troops were roving about in quest of cows, and sheep. But the people of Tank diggers town wrote a letter to Basavappa, stating these tidings: whereupon as he marched with his men, horse, foot-soldiers, bowmen, and horse artillery,[1] to Giriapa's grove, at an hour's distance, on the south east of Tankdiggers town, a sharp action took place between ('these and those') the combatants, and near Doccala gandi many were slain on both sides. The Tadimarri troops were broken, and fled to Pasulūr.
Basavappa then paused from fighting, and blew the trumpet, proclaiming quarter: and gave permission to the Tadimarri people to carry off their dead.[2] He rested for four (ghadis) hours in a mango grove near Tank-diggers town.