[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) › c15.19 # A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c15.19 A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c15.19 - **Language:** English ### [c15.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c15.19) In the middle of the year 1469, while either Râjasekhara or Virûpâksha I. was the king of Vijayanagar, Mahmûd Gawân, Muhammad's minister, marched towards the west, and after a fairly successful campaign attacked Goa, then in the possession of the Râya of Vijayanagar, both by sea and land. He was completely victorious and captured the place. - [Previous: c15.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c15.18) - [Next: c15.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c15.20) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c15.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c15.19) · Pramāṇa