History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v1.c19.s16.3

v1.c19.s16.3

The city was finally destroyed by the Muhammadans in 1565, but during the two previous centuries it maintained a gallant struggle against the Bahmanî and Âdil Shâhi dynasties of Kulbargâ and Bijâpûr, and was in fact the barrier that prevented the Moslims from taking possession of the whole country as far as Cape Comorin.