A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c2.22

c2.22

As with the final “a” in “Vijayanagara,” so with the final “u” in such names as “Kondavîdu”—it has been dropped in order to avoid an appearance of pedantry; and I have preferred the more common “Rajahmundry” to the more correct “Râjamahendri,” “Trichinopoly” to “Tiruchhinâpalle,” and so on.