[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) › c14.27 # A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c14.27 A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c14.27 - **Language:** English ### [c14.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c14.27) I am inclined to think that Deva Râya II. began to reign in 1419, for the following reason. The informants of Nuniz stated that during Vijaya’s reign he “ did nothing worth relating,” and the chronicle records that during the reign which followed, namely that of Deva Râya II., there was “ constant warfare.” Now we have it from Firishtah that in 1417 Fîrûz, Sultan of Kulbarga, commenced a war of aggression against the Hindus of Telingana. He besieged the fortress of Pangul,¹ seventy miles north-east of Adoni, for a period of two years, but the attempt to reduce it ended in failure owing to a pestilence breaking out amongst both men and horses. - [Previous: c14.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c14.26) - [Next: c14.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c14.28) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c14) ## Cites (2) - [Pangal](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.pangal) - [Adoni](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.adoni) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c14.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c14.27) · Pramāṇa