A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c21.s3.8

c21.s3.8

And this taken, not being content with the victory which he had already gained, he made ready a large army of foot and horse, and determined to make war on the King of Bisnaga, leaving his captains in his lands and fortresses to defend themselves against his enemies, of whom there were many; for this King⁵ was at that time at war with Bemgalla, and with the Turkomans on the confines of the country of Sheikh Ismael.⁶ These men are fair and large of body; in their lands are many horses with which this King of Delly made war on Cambaya and laid it waste; and after the country was taken and he lord of it, there still remained to him as many as eight hundred thousand horsemen with whom he passed on to Bisnaga; of the number of people on foot nothing is said here because no one counted them.