A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c19.168

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c19.168

Ibrahîm Qutb Shâh had also joined the coalition, and the four princes met on the plains of Bîjapûr, with their respective armies. Their march towards the south began on Monday, December 25, A.D. 1564.¹ Traversing the now dry plains of the Dakhan country, where the cavalry, numbering many thousands, could graze their horses on the young crops, the allied armies reached the neighbourhood of the Krishnâ near the small fortress and town of Talikota, a name destined to be for ever celebrated in the annals of South India.²

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