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The history of the Vijayanagar empire was recovered considerably through the efforts of R. Sewell in early nineteenth century. However, his work, A Forgotten Empire was mainly based on Portuguese chronicles. Though an excellent work, it neglected the evidences available in various forms of literature. The subsequent works also failed to exploit the indigenous sources and hence were unable to fill up the many gaps which epigraphy had left in reconstructing the ...
The Vijayanagara Empire represents an important phase in Indian history. During its three hundred years of existence, it held sway over large parts of peninsular India from coast to coast covering Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Goa and substantial areas of Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. The greatness of the Vijayanagara empire was however due not merely to its political strength but to the all round contribution that it made and its rich religious and cultural legacy. The ...