[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) › c15.30 # A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c15.30 A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c15.30 - **Language:** English ### [c15.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c15.30) Firishtah and the \*Burhān-i Maāsir\* differ considerably as to what followed. The former states that, after his raid into Orissa, Muhammad Shāh reduced Kondapalle, where he destroyed a temple, slew the Brahman priests attached to it, and ordered a mosque to be erected on its site. He remained nearly three years at Rajahmundry, secured the Telingana country, expelled some refractory zamindars, and "resolved on the conquest of Nursing Rāya." - [Previous: c15.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c15.29) - [Next: c15.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c15.31) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c15.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c15.30) · Pramāṇa