[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900) › c18.14 # A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c18.14 A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c18.14 - **Language:** English ### [c18.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c18.14) I have already alluded to the grants made by Krishna Deva to the great Virûpâksha temple at Hampe, on the occasion of the festival of his coronation. There is an inscription of his reign on the base of the inner side of the front tower (\*gopura\*) of the temple at Virinchipuram, dated in the year A.D. 1513-14; and one dated Tuesday, September 20, 1513, at Sankalâpura, close to the capital, recording a grant of the lands of that village to the temple of Ganapati in the palace enclosure.¹ Mr. Fleet² mentions others of his reign in A.D. 1509-10, 1512-13, 1514-15, 1522-23, and 1527-28. - [Previous: c18.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c18.13) - [Next: c18.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c18.15) - [Up: c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c18) ## Cites (1) - [Ganapati temple](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.monument.ganapati-temple) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c18.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c18.14) · Pramāṇa