A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c12.18

c12.18

Ballâla Deva then built the city of Vijayanagar,² raised an army, and the war began. Warangal, then in the hands of the Muhammadans, was reduced, and its governor, Imâd-ul-Mulk, retreated to Daulatâbâd or Devagiri. The two chiefs then induced other Rajahs of the Malabar and Kanara countries to join them, and the joint forces seized the whole of the Dakhan and expelled the Muhammadans there, "so that within a few months Muhammad Taghlak had no possessions in that quarter except Daulatâbâd."