A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c14.30

c14.30

This then took place in 1419 A.D., and since this energetic action was not consonant with the character of Vijaya, the *fainéant* sovereign, "who did nothing worth recording" in all his career, we must suppose that it took place as soon as Deva Râya, his successor, was crowned; when the nobles surrounding him (he was, I believe, quite young when he began to reign),¹ filled with zeal and ambition, roused the Hindu troops and in the king's name plunged into war against their country's hereditary foe.