A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c21.s2.25
A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c21.s2.25
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¹ “Bisnaga,” the Portuguese rendering of *Vijayanagar*, the “city of victory.” The spellings adopted by different writers have been endless. We have Beejanugger and Beejnugger in the translations of Firishtah; Bisnagar, Bidjanagar, Bijanagher, amongst the Portuguese; Bicheneger in the writings of the Russian Nikitin; Bizenegalia in those of the Italian Nicolo dei Conti.