[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) › c15.64 # A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c15.64 A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c15.64 - **Language:** English ### [c15.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c15.64) In 1482 A.D., as before stated, Mahmûd Shâh II. succeeded to the throne of Kulbarga, being then a boy of twelve, but his sovereignty was only nominal. Constant disturbances took place; the nobles in many tracts rose against the sovereign, and amongst others the governor of Goa attempted to assert his independence, seizing many important places on the coast; civil war raged at the capital; and before long the great chiefs threw off all semblance of obedience to the authority of the Bâhmanîs, and at length divided the kingdom amongst themselves. - [Previous: c15.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c15.63) - [Next: c15.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c15.65) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c15.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c15.64) · Pramāṇa