A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c14.26

c14.26

Deva Râya I. lived till at least 1412 A.D., and was succeeded by his son Vira-Vijaya, whom Nuniz calls “ Visaya,” and who, he says, reigned six years. The last extant inscription of Deva Râya I. is dated in A.D. 1412-13, the first of his successor Vijaya in 1413-14. Vijaya’s last known inscription is one of 1416-17, and the first yet known of his successor, his eldest son, Deva Râya II., is dated Monday, June 26, 1424-25. Nuniz gives Deva Râya II. a reign of twenty-five years.