The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c9.250
The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c9.250
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The weakness of the royal power and authority was the immediate cause of the downfall of the Empire in the disastrous battle of Raksas-Tagdi and of the subsequent calamities of the Sovereigns of the fourth dynasty. But the glory of Vijayanagara remained apparently as fresh and brilliant as ever during the whole reign of the puppet king, as the successful campaigns we shall relate in the two following chapters will show. An inscription in the Shimoga District on the eve of the disaster of Raksas-Tagdi informs us that the Empire was in extent ‘one lakh and twenty six thousand provinces’².