The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c27.74

v3.c27.74

In 1406 Harihara II died, and was succeeded by his son, Bukka II¹ and in the same year occurred the romantic episode of the goldsmith's daughter of Mudgal, a strange occurrence, but reasonably well attested. A poor goldsmith and his wife, living near Mudgal, are said to have had a daughter named Parthāl, of such surpassing beauty and brilliant accomplishments that her fame spread far and wide, and was carried by a Brāhman who had been her instructor to the court of Bukka, who sent messengers to demand her of her parents. They, regarding the proposal as an honour, were disposed to comply, but the girl declined it. Bukka crossed the Tungabhadra with 5000 horse and sent a party to Mudgal to abduct the girl, but news of the raid had preceded it, and by the time that the party reached Mudgal Parthāl and her parents had fled. The disappointed Hindus vented their spleen by plundering the inhabitants, and rejoined Bukka, but Fūlād Khān, governor of the Doāb, attacked him, and, after suffering a reverse, defeated the invaders, slew a thousand of them, and drove Bukka back to Vijayanagar.