Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c9.s6.34

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The grim irony of nature is nowhere better illustrated than in the case of the great city of Vijayanagara which, rising out of comparative insignificance, sank back into it after the mild memories of Sriranga Raya. At Anegundi is his legitimate successor,² struggling against the pretensions of the descendant³ of those very potentates who had failed single-handed in every attempt of theirs to break the strength of the monarchs of Vijayanagara for two centuries and a half of memorable history.