[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) › c19.50 # A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c19.50 A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c19.50 - **Language:** English ### [c19.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.50) Asada Khân is entitled to a chapter to himself, but, to avoid prolixity, I will only give one extract from the “Asia” of Barros.³ Allusion has been made above to an attack on the mainlands of Goa by three Hindu chiefs, when Ponda was besieged. The inhabitants appealed to Nuno da Cunha, the governor-general, who hesitated to interfere for fear of bringing on a war with the Âdil Shâh. The principal danger was the lord of Belgaum, Asada Khân. - [Previous: c19.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.49) - [Next: c19.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.51) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sewell-1900.c19.50) · Pramāṇa