A Forgotten Empire : Vijayanagar; A Contribution to the History of India

By Sewell, Robert

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Title:	A Forgotten Empire : Vijayanagar; A Contribution to the History of India
Author:	Sewell, Robert
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Language:	English
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Excerpt: A Forgotten Empire. Chapter 1. In the year 1336 A.D., during the reign of Edward III. of England, there occurred in India an event which almost instantaneously changed the political condition of the entire south. With that date the volume of ancient history in that tract closes and the modern begins. It is the epoch of transition from the Old to the New. This event was the foundation of the city and kingdom of Vijayanagar. Prior to A.D. 1336 all Southern India had lain under the domination of the ancient Hindu kingdoms, kingdoms so old that their origin has never been traced, but which are mentioned in Buddhist edicts rock?cut sixteen centuries earlier; the Pandiyans at Madura, the Cholas at Tanjore, and others. When Vijayanagar sprang into existence the past was done with for ever, and the monarchs of the new state became lords or overlords of the territories lying between the Dakhan and Ceylon.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: A Forgotten Empire: Vijayanagar; A Contribution to the History of India, 1 -- Robert Sewell, 1 -- Preface, 2 -- A Forgotten Empire, 5 -- Chapter 1. Introduction, 5 -- Chapter 2. Origin of the Empire (A.D. 1316), 11 -- Chapter 3. The First Kings (A.D. 1336 to 1379), 14 -- Chapter 4. Growth of the Empire (A.D. 1379 to 1406), 23 -- Chapter 5. Deva Raya I. (A.D. 1406 to 1419), 26 -- Chapter 6. Deva Raya II. (A.D. 1419 to 1444 or (?) 1449), 30 -- Chapter 7. The City of Vijayanagar in the Reign of Deva Raya II. (A.D. 1420(?), 1443), 36 -- Chapter 8. Close of the First Dynasty (A.D. 1449 to 1490), 42 -- Chapter 9. The First Kings of the Second Dynasty (A.D. 1490 to 1509), 47 -- Chapter 10. The Reign of Krishna Deva Raya (A.D. 1509 to 1530), 52 -- Chapter 11. The Siege and Battle of Raichur, and Close of Krishna's Reign (A.D. 1520 to -- 1530), 58 -- Chapter 12. The Buildings, Works, and Inscriptions of Krishna Deva, 68 -- Chapter 13. The Reign of Achyuta Raya, 70 -- Chapter 14. The Beginning of the End, 75 -- Chapter 15. Destruction of Vijayanagar (A.D. 1565), 82 -- Chapter 16. The Third Dynasty, 88 -- Chapter 17. The Story of Barradas (1614), 91 -- Chronicle of Fernao Nuniz, 116 -- Chapter 1. Copy and Summary of a Chronicle of the Kings of Bisnaga, who reigned -- (ORIG. were) from the era one thousand two hundred and thirty, which was after the general -- destruction of the kingdom of Bisnaga.[468], 116 -- Chapter 2. Of what the King (of Delhi) did after he had slain the King of Bisnaga, and -- entirely overthrown him, and seized his lands for himself, none being left to defend them, 118 -- Chapter 3. How the King of Dily departed with his troops, and took to his kingdom the six -- captives that he had taken in the fortress, 118 -- Chapter 4. How the City of Bisnaga was built by that King Dehorao, 119 -- Chapter 5. Of the things done by King Crisnarao after he was raised to the throne, 125 -- Chapter 6. How Crisnarao, after he had made peace with the King of Oria, determined to -- go against the land of Catuir, 127 -- Chapter 7. How Crisnarao, on the arrival of Salvatinia, determined to attack Rachol, a city -- of the Ydalcao, and to break the peace that had lasted so long; and the reason why, 128 -- Chapter 8. Of the manner in which the King had his camp, 131 -- Chapter 9. How the King attacked the city of Rachol, 132 -- Chapter 10. Of the spoil taken from the Moors, of how the King burned all the dead, and of -- what Christovao de Figueiredo did, 134 -- Chapter 11. How those in the city asked for terms, and the king granted them quarter, 136 -- Chapter 12. How the King entered the city, and of the feast that was made for him, and of -- the regulations and arrangements he made there, 137 -- Chapter 13. How a number of people left the city, and the King did much kindness to them, 137 -- Chapter 14. How the Captain acquitted himself of his embassy before the King, 138 -- Chapter 15. How the King sent to call the ambassador, and of the answer which he gave to -- him, 139 -- Chapter 16. How Acadacao went as ambassador for his King and compassed the death of -- A Forgotten Empire: Vijayanagar; A Contribution to the History of India -- i