[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A History of the Mahrattas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826) › v1.c8.11 # A History of the Mahrattas v1.c8.11 A History of the Mahrattas v1.c8.11 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c8.11) ³ Wilks' Historical Sketches. \[The Vijayanagar (Beejanugur) Empire (1336–1565) was primarily the result of the efforts of five brothers from the Hoysala kingdom of Mysore to stem the tide of Muslim invasion. The State embodied the Telingana or Telugu and Kanarese form of Hinduism. (O.H.I., bk. v, ch. iii, and Sewell's A Forgotten Empire.)\] - [Previous: v1.c8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c8.10) - [Next: v1.c8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c8.12) - [Up: v1.c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c8.11) · Pramāṇa