[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) › c19.227 # A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c19.227 A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c19.227 - **Language:** English ### [c19.227](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.227) "The sultans, a few days after the battle, marched onwards into the country of Ramraaje as far as Anicondeh,² and the advanced troops penetrated to Beejanuggur, which they plundered, razed the chief buildings, and committed all manner of excess. When the depredations of the allies had destroyed all the country round, Venkatâdri,³ who had escaped from the battle to a distant fortress, sent humble entreaties of peace to the sultans, to whom he gave up all the places which his brothers had wrested from them; and the victors being satisfied, took leave of each other at Roijore (Raichûr), and returned to their several dominions. The raaje of Beejanuggur since this battle has never recovered its ancient splendour; and the city itself has been so destroyed that it is now totally in ruins and uninhabited,⁴ while the country has been seized by the zemindars (petty chiefs), each of whom hath assumed an independent power in his own district." - [Previous: c19.226](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.226) - [Next: c19.228](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.228) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19) ## Cites (1) - [Vijayanagara](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.vijayanagara) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.227](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.227) · Pramāṇa