A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c20.24

c20.24

"But it so happened that at this very moment one of the soldiers who were guarding the palace by night with torches fell into a hole, and at his cries the rest ran up, and on digging they discovered the underground passage. They entered it and got as far as the palace, arriving there just when the unhappy King was descending into it in order to escape. He was seized and the alarm given to Jaga Râya, who sent the King to another place more confined and narrower, and with more guards, so that the poor prisoner despaired of ever escaping.