A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c18.12

c18.12

He also appears to have begun the construction of the temple of Vitthalasvâmi on the river-bank, the most ornate of all the religious edifices of the kingdom. "It shows," writes Mr. Rea in the article already referred to, "the extreme limit in florid magnificence to which the style advanced." The work was continued during the reign of Krishna Deva's successors, Achyuta and Sadâsiva, and was probably stopped only by the destruction of the city in 1565. An inscription records a grant to the temple in 1561.