A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c16.s1.14

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From the accession of Krishna Deva Râya to the throne of Vijayanagar in A.D. 1509 we once more enter a period when the history of the country becomes less confused, and we are able to trace the sequence of events without serious difficulty. This was the period of Vijayanagar's greatest successes, when its armies were everywhere victorious, and the city was most prosperous.