A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c19.202

c19.202

Cæsaro Federici, an Italian traveller—or "Cæsar Frederick," as he is often called by the English—visited the place two years later, in 1567. He relates that, after the sack, when the allied Muhammadans returned to their own country, Tirumala Râya tried to re-populate the city, but failed, though some few people were induced to take up their abode there.