The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c11.30

v1.c11.30

But this peace did not last long. "Some time after this campaign", says Ferishta without recording the exact date, "Burhan Nizam Shah was instigated by the same Rama Raya to march for the purpose of reducing Gulbarga, and naturally Ibrahim Adil Shah moved from Bijapur to oppose him. After a campaign of several months, in which both armies lay inactive for a long period in sight of each other, with the river Bhima between them, the Nizam's army was totally routed with heavy loss" 1. Thus the purpose of the Machiavellian policy of Rama Raya was obtained: it was to weaken the Muhammadan power by fostering wars among the Mussulman Sovereigns.