The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c15.178

v1.c15.178

All the riches of the Hindu camp fell into the hands of the Muslims. “The victors,” says the *Burhan-i-Ma’asir*, “captured jewels, ornaments, furniture, camels, tents, camp equipage, drums, standards, maidservants, menservants, and arms and armour of all sorts in such quantity that the whole army was enriched” ⁴. “The plunder was so great,” adds Ferishta, “that every private man in the allied army became rich in gold, jewels, tents, arms, horses and slaves, the kings permitting every person to retain what he acquired, reserving the elephants only for their own use” ⁵. The Maratha account states that the treasures Rama Raya had brought to the battlefield were valued at 12,357,411 huns ⁶. Among all these jewels the Muhammadan writer mentions only “necklaces which had been brought into the treasury (of Ahmadnagar) from the plunder of Ramraj, composed of valuable rubies, emeralds and pearls”. These necklaces became later on the cause of one of the mad excesses of Murtaza Nizam Shah ⁷.