[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900) › c12.19 # A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c12.19 A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c12.19 - **Language:** English ### [c12.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c12.19) ² This is in itself absurd, and carries with it its own refutation. It would be manifestly impossible for the city to be "built" in so short a time, and, moreover, it would have been sheer waste of time for the Prince to have employed himself in such a way. The sentence was probably introduced merely to account for that city having been built \*about\* this period. - [Previous: c12.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c12.18) - [Next: c12.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c12.20) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c12.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c12.19) · Pramāṇa