A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c21.s3.t4.59

c21.s3.t4.59

According to the King’s custom, when he wishes to lie down and sleep, they make for him a hedge of brushwood and of thorns behind which his tent is pitched, which was done for him all along this route; on which route was seen a wonderful thing, namely that on passing a river which, when they reached it, came half-way up to the knee, before half the people had passed it was totally dry without a drop of water; and they went about in the sand of it making pits to find some water. In this order the King proceeded till he arrived at the town of Mollabamdym,¹ which is a league from the city of Rachol, where he pitched his camp so as to give a rest to the people after the fatigues of the march.