A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c12.86

c12.86

If Mujâhid came up from the Malabar coast, the former of these two roads would perhaps be the usual route adopted by travellers, which leads through open undulating plains. Avoiding this route, the Sultan may have turned the Sandûr hills by a flank movement to his right, and approached either along the valley of Sandûr or along the valley which now carries the main road from Bellary to Vijayanagar, between the Sandûr hills and the hills that surround the latter city.