"Vijayanagar—the name both of a kingdom and of its capital—is a melancholy instance of forgotten glory. In the years of its grandeur it comprised all the present native states of the lower peninsula, together with Mysore and the entire Presidency of Madras."
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Will Durant and , ', Book I, Our Oriental Heritage (1935) (V. THE ZENITH OF THE SOUTH)
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