A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c17.s1.42

c17.s1.42

Having thus, I hope satisfactorily, established the fact that the date given by Nuniz for the battle of Raichûr is wrong by two years, and should be 1520, I turn to examine the day and month. It was the new moon day of May, according to Nuniz, and a Saturday. Krishna Deva Râya was ready for battle on the Friday, but postponed his attack to the next day since Friday was considered an unlucky day.