History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c14.s1.15

c14.s1.15

There is not much contemporary literature which has a direct bearing upon the history of the first two Tughluqs. The Qasīdās of Badr-i-Chāch have been mentioned before. The *Dhūrta Samāgam Nātak* (a comedy of cheats) by a Maithil poet Jyotirīśvara, was staged early in the 14th century at the court of Hari Singh Deva of the Kāranāta dynasty. It throws some light upon an important point connected with the Bengal expedition of Sultan Ghiyās-al-Din Tughluq. There are several literary works dealing with the foundation of the city of Vijayanagar of which detailed notices are given in Ayyanger’s Sources of Vijayanagar history which I have utilised.