A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c14.125

c14.125

ground before the wheels, in order that they may be crushed to death—a mode of death which they say is very acceptable to their god. Others, making an incision in their side, and inserting a rope thus through their body, hang themselves to the chariot by way of ornament, and thus suspended and half-dead accompany their idol. This kind of sacrifice they consider the best and most acceptable of all.