A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c17.s2.22

c17.s2.22

Castanheda confirms other writers in this matter, stating that the infantry of Vijayanagar were countless, the country being of large extent and thickly populated, so that the king could call upon a million, or even two millions, of men at will.² This writer visited India just at the close of the reign of Krishna Deva Râya. He states that the king kept up at his own cost an establishment of 100,000 horses and 4000 elephants.