[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) › c12.52 # A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c12.52 A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c12.52 - **Language:** English ### [c12.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c12.52) horse and five hundred thousand foot. He commanded the Bramins to deliver every day to the troops discourses on the meritoriousness of slaughtering the mahummedans, in order to excite zeal for expelling them. He ordered them to describe the butchery of cows,¹ the insults to sacred images, and destroying of temples, practised by the true believers. - [Previous: c12.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c12.51) - [Next: c12.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c12.53) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c12.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c12.52) · Pramāṇa