[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) › c19.128 # A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c19.128 A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c19.128 - **Language:** English ### [c19.128](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.128) ¹ Senhor Lopes has recently found amongst the archives in the Torre do Tombo in Lisbon a paper, dated 1555 A.D., which states that the king of Vijayanagar had consented to aid Ibrahîm Âdil Shâh against Ain-ul-Mulkh and “the Meale” (i.e. Prince Abdullah, called “Meale Khan” by the Portuguese), in return for a present of 700,000 pardaos (Corpo Chronologico, Part i., packet 97, No. 40). - [Previous: c19.127](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.127) - [Next: c19.129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.129) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.128](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.128) · Pramāṇa