A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c15.27

c15.27

The *Burhân-i Maâsir* calls the chief of Belgaum “Parkatapah,” and Major King, the translator of the work, gives a large variety of spellings of the name, viz. : “Birkanah,” “Parkatabtah,” “Parkatiyah,” “Parkitah,” “Barkabtah.”¹ Briggs gives it as “Birkana.” It has been supposed that the real name was Vikrama.