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Tirumala (Upper Tirupati) was an established centre of Vaishnavism around the 5th century A.D.[citation needed] The city became great Vaishnava centre during the time of Ramanujacharya in 11th Century, from where Srivaishnavism spread to other parts of Andhra Desa. Srikurmam Temple in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh bears the inscription saying Tirupati Srivaishnavula Raksha.[18] Tirupati survived the Muslim invasions. During the early 1300s Muslim invasion of South India, the deity of Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam was brought to Tirupati for safekeeping.[citation needed] The temple town for most of the medieval era part of Vijayanagara Empire until the 17th century and its rulers contributed considerable resources and wealth notable by Krishna Deva Raya and Achyuta Deva Raya, Sadasiva Raya and Tirumala Deva Raya. The city has many historical temples including Tirumala Venkateswara Temple which bears 1150 inscriptions in Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada languages.[19] Out of 1150 inscriptions 236 belong to Pallava, Chola and Pandya dynasties, 169 belonged to Saluva dynasty, 251 belonged to Achyuta Deva Raya period, 130 belonged to Sadasiva Raya period and another 135 originated in Aravidu dynasty.[19][20] which specify the contributions of the Pallava Kingdom around the 9th century AD, Chola Kingdom around the 10th century AD