
14. Vijayanagara - The Last Emperors Of South India
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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The Sultan of Bijapur and the Hindoos
King krishnadeve laid siege to the fort of richur. The kings of vige and agra had employed several portuguese musketeers as mercenaries. Without effective siege equipment, the hindoos resorted to old fashioned tactics. But then one morning he got word that the sultan of bijapur himself was marching south towards him at the head of an army. This army was made up of his best crack troops equipped with nearly a thousand of the latest powerful cannons imported from persia. Perhaps feeling just a tremble of apprehension, krishnadedva lifted the siege and went out to meet the sultan in battle.
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