[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) › c12.30 # A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c12.30 A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c12.30 - **Language:** English ### [c12.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c12.30) Early in A.D. 1366² the Sultan opened his first regular campaign against Vijayanagar. Originating in an after-dinner jest, it ended only after such slaughter that Firishtah computes the victims on the Hindu side alone as numbering no less than half a million. The story is told us by an eye-witness, one Mullah Dâûd of Bîdar, who was seal-bearer to Sultan Muhammad.¹ - [Previous: c12.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c12.29) - [Next: c12.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c12.31) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c12.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c12.30) · Pramāṇa