A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c13.32

c13.32

¹ Rather, I think, basket-boats. These are described in the text of Paes (below, p. 259) as being in use on these rivers in the sixteenth century, just as they are to-day. They are circular in shape, and are made of wicker-work of split bamboo covered all over outside with leather. Colonel Briggs, writing of these boats (Firishtah; ii. 371), in a footnote says, "A detachment of the British army crossed its heavy guns without even dismounting them over the Toongbudra in 1812 in these basket-boats."