[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) › c12.97 # A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c12.97 A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c12.97 - **Language:** English ### [c12.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c12.97) ¹ “Dhunna Sodra” is, I think, a lake or tank in the plain on the eastern edge of the Vijayanagar hills, close under a lofty hill called, in the Trigonometrical Survey Taluq map, “Dannsundram,” for (probably) Dharma Samudram. On the summit of this hill is a great Trigonometrical Survey pillar. The hill is 500 feet high, and lies within the limits of the village of Kanvi Timmâpuram. Commanding, as it does, the route by which a force issuing from the capital would attempt, by rounding the hills, to cut off the only line of retreat open to the invaders towards the north-east, the importance of the post to the Muhammadan army could not be over-estimated. - [Previous: c12.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c12.96) - [Next: c12.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c12.98) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c12.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c12.97) · Pramāṇa