[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) › c13.32 # A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c13.32 A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c13.32 - **Language:** English ### [c13.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.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." - [Previous: c13.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c13.31) - [Next: c13.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c13.33) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c13.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c13.32) · Pramāṇa