History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c11.11
History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c11.11
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c11.11
³ This date is mentioned in an inscription which Vidyāraṇya has left in one of the temples at Hāmpi. It appears that the city was not a new creation but a revival of some old ruined town. The inscription is as follows:-- ‘On Wednesday, the 7th lunar day of the bright half of Vaiśākh in the year Dhātu Śālivāhan Śāka 1258, in an auspicious time with Guru (Jupiter) in the rising sign (Lagna) I, the prince of ascetics, have constructed the city in Vijayanagar.’