Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c9.s2.119

v1.c9.s2.119

But in the same year A.D. 1368, however, we have the name of the capital—Vijayanagara. "The Mahārājādhirāja, rāja-paramēśvara, the master of the eastern, southern and western oceans, who, on mounting on the great throne of the new Vijayanagara, which like the principal jewel in the middle of the pearl necklace the Tuṅgabhadrā, that encircled the Hēmakūṭa mountain as if it were the throat of the lady earth, caused all kings to prostrate themselves as his feudatories, was Vira Bukka Rāva".¹ It is evident, therefore, that when this inscription ("Sk. 281") was engraved in A.D. 1368, the capital had made its appearance.