A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c19.254

c19.254

King Tirumala of Vijayanagar was in 1575 followed apparently by his second son, Ranga II., whose successor was his brother Venkata I.² (1586). The latter reigned for at least twenty-eight years, and died an old man in 1614. At his death there were widespread revolts, disturbances, and civil warfare, as we shall presently see from the account of Barradas given in the next chapter. An important inscription of his reign, dated in A.D. 1601-2, and recorded on copper-plates, has been published by Dr. Hultzsch.³