A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c12.110
A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c12.110
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c12.110
The assassination of his nephew availed Dâûd but little, as the country was at once divided into two opposing factions, and on May 21, A.D. 1378,¹ after a reign of only one month, the murderer was himself assassinated while at prayer in the great mosque of the capital. Meanwhile Bukka Râya overrun the Doâb, advanced as far as the river Krishnâ, and invested the fortress of Raichûr.