A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c15.23

c15.23

Shortly afterwards there arose to power under the Sultan Muhammad one Yusuf Âdil Khân, a slave, who before long grew to such power that he overthrew the Bâhmanî dynasty, and became himself the first independent sovereign of Bîjapur—the first "Âdil Shâh." In 1470, says the *Burhân-i Maâsir*, the Sultan took Rajahmundry and Kondavid from the king of Orissa. An inscription at Kondapalle, a fine hill-fort beautifully situated on a range of hills, gives the date as 1470 or 1471; my copy is imperfect.