[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) › c12.3 # A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c12.3 A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c12.3 - **Language:** English ### [c12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c12.3) THE city of Vijayanagar, thus founded about the year 1335, speedily grew in importance and became the refuge of the outcasts, refugees, and fighting men of the Hindus, beaten and driven out of their old strongholds by the advancing Muhammadans. - [Previous: c12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c12.2) - [Next: c12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c12.4) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c12.3) · Pramāṇa