ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS V
3. ILLUSTRATIONS VII
4. PREFACE VIII
5. Map X
6. Part One. An Ethnohistorical Perspective
7. THE RĀYAVĀCAKAMU: A SOURCE OF VIJAYANAGARA HISTORY? 3
8. A Note on the Translation 71
9. Part Two: Tidings of the King
10. Introduction 75
11. 1 The Founding of Vijayanagava 77
12. 2 The Coronation and Education of Krishnaray 87
13. 3 Krishnamya and Timmarasu 98
14. 4 Reports of the Turks 109
15. 5 Account of the Gajapati Kingdom 125
16. 6 The Battle with the Turks 136
17. 7 The Gajapati Campaign 142
18. ABBREVIATIONS 161
19. APPENDIXES 163
20. NOTES TO PART ONE 171
21. NOTES TO PART TWO 181
22. WORKS CITED 221
23. INDEX 231
24. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 265