[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) › c15.23 # A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c15.23 A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c15.23 - **Language:** English ### [c15.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.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. - [Previous: c15.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c15.22) - [Next: c15.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c15.24) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c15.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c15.23) · Pramāṇa