A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c21.s3.14

c21.s3.14

And after he had become lord of all the country of the Ballagate, he passed the river of Duree,³ which forms the boundary of the territories of the Ballagate and of those of the King of Bisnaga, which river he passed in basket-boats without finding any one to oppose the passage. Up to that time, in all that was (afterwards) the kingdom of Bisnaga, no place was populated save only the city of Nagumdym,⁴ in which the King of Bisnaga⁵ then was, awaiting his destruction, since it was strong, and because he possessed no other citadel but that, which was his Lisbon.