[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) › c14.30 # A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c14.30 A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c14.30 - **Language:** English ### [c14.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.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. - [Previous: c14.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c14.29) - [Next: c14.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c14.31) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c14.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c14.30) · Pramāṇa