A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c16.s1.84

c16.s1.84

But during this period of peace the king made extensive preparations for a grand attack on the territory between the rivers, the ever-debatable land which for nearly two centuries had been the subject of dispute between his predecessors and their northern neighbours. His objective was the city of Raichûr, then under the Muhammadans,¹ and when all was ready he marched to the attack with an immense force.