A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c14.7
A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c14.7
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c14.7
"The beautiful virgin, to their great astonishment, drawing her neck from compliance, refused to receive the collar, and observed, that whoever entered the haram of Beejanuggur, was afterwards not permitted to see even her nearest relations and friends; and though they might be happy to sell her for worldly riches, yet she was too fond of her parents to submit to eternal absence from them, even for all the splendour of the palace of Beejanuggur. This declaration was accompanied with affectionate tears, which melted her parents; who, rather than use force, dismissed the bramin with all his gifts, and he returned, chagrined and disappointed, to Beejanuggur. . .