A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c17.s2.1

c17.s2.1

When we total up the list given by Nuniz of the columns that marched from Vijayanagar for the campaign, the amount is so huge that we pause in natural doubt as to whether the story could by any possibility be true: 703,000 foot, 32,600 horse, and 551 elephants, besides the camp followers, merchants, &c., and "an infinitude of people" who joined him at a place close to Raichûr! It certainly demands a large strain on our credulity.