[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) › c16.s1.55 # A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c16.s1.55 A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c16.s1.55 - **Language:** English ### [c16.s1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c16.s1.55) “When the king dies four or five hundred women burn themselves with him. . . . The king of Narsinga is frequently at war with the king of Dacani, who has taken from him much of his land; and with another gentile king of the country of Otira (apparently Orissa), which is the country in the interior.” - [Previous: c16.s1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c16.s1.54) - [Next: c16.s1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c16.s1.56) - [Up: c16.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c16.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c16.s1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c16.s1.55) · Pramāṇa