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TRANSLATION 



OF 



VARIOUS INSCRIPTIONS FOUND AMONG 



THE 



RUINS OF VIJAYANAGAR. 



By E. C. RAVENSHAW, Esq. 



, Bengal Civil Service. 



WITH PRELI3IINARY OBSERVATIONS, 

 By H. H. WILSON, Esq. 



Late Secretary of the Asiatic Society. 



The history of Vijayanagar is a subject of considerable interest in the 

 annals of India, as the last barrier that was opposed to Muhammedan 

 invasions, and that preserved the southern part of the Peninsula from foreign 

 rule until a very modern period. 



The history of this State enjoys, consequently, the advantage of receiv- 

 ing frequent illustration from Muhammedan authors, and some even from 

 Christian writers, as it survived about half a century the arrival of the 

 Portuguese in India. Reliques of its importance exist also in the Peninsula 

 in great numbers, not only in the remains of the capital, and towns, and 



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