A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c17.s6.3

c17.s6.3

King Krishna had, in the city of Bîjapûr, taken prisoner three sons of a former king of the Bâhmanî dynasty, who had been held captive by the Âdil Shâhs, and he proclaimed the eldest as king of the Dakhan.¹ This abortive attempt to subvert the rule of the five kings who had established themselves on the ruins of the single Dakhan sovereignty naturally fell flat, and only resulted in stiffening the hostility which these sovereigns felt towards their common foe.