A History of Agriculture in India v2.c66.5

v2.c66.5

A YEAR after the foundation of the Vijayanagar kingdom in A.D. 1347, Hasan, an officer of Tughlak Sultan of Delhi, occupied Daulatabad in the Deccan, and proclaimed his independence. He is known as Sultan Ala-ud-din I. He claimed descent from the Persian king Bahman Shah. Most of South India between the Lodi Sultanate and Gondwana in the north and Vijayanagar kingdom in the south was included in Bahmani kingdom. It also included the ports of Goa and Dabhol on the West Coast (Fig. 17). Ala-ud-din I established his capital at Gulburga. During the eighty years (A.D. 1347-1428) that Gulburga was the capital, it was adorned with many buildings, including a great mosque, in which the entire central area was roofed.