Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c8.s3.29

v1.c8.s3.29

The news of the illness of that monarch's father was conveyed to him, while he was in the northern forests, by a man called Kuraṅgaka who approached "with a billet tied in a forehead-wrap of rags of deep indigo hue".¹ Then that prince, Harsha, prepared to march home. "Footmen being sent ahead to secure a relay of villagers to show the best way, he passed the night in the saddle".²