भारतीय इतिहास के ६ स्वर्णिम पृष्ठ (वीर सावरकर - विदेशी आक्रान्ताओं पर विजय गाथा)

situated the famous fort of Shivneri. Somewhere between Daulatabad and Junner, there was a small village called ‘Binkar’. Finding it suitable for his capital, he named it as Ahmednagar after his own name Ahmed in A.D. 1494. 889. This break-up of the Bahamani Kingdom was mainly due to the internal dissensions of the Muslims. The original Bahamani Kingdom had vowed to destroy Vijaynagar. But the latter survived to see the break-up of the Bahamani Kingdom into five fragments and continued to fight adamantly with all those five Muslim states, and proved to be more than a match to all of them for at least seventy-five years to come! 890. The claim that the Muslims never fought amongst themselves is once again belied by this five-fold fragmentation of the Bahamani kingdom, which was caused by their internal rivalries. That the Muslim Sultans looked for help at the mighty Hindu empire of Vijaynagar in order to put down their Muslim rivals, gives the lie to their second boast that they never sought help from the Hindus! Maharajadhiraj Krishnadevrai 891. To the above-mentioned Tuluv dynasty of Naresh of Vijaynagar, belonged the mighty emperor Krishnadevrai, who ruled from A.D. 1509 to 1530. He was well-educated and his address was clever and pleasing. He impressed even the greatest of scholars of the time. The learned scholars of Sanskrit, Telugu, Tamil and Kannad literatures were generously patronized by his court. In his court were eight great poets, whom he called अष्टदिग्गज (‘Elephants of the Eight Directions’). He himself was a great writer. His Telugu book named अमुक्ता माल्यदा is very well-known. Maharaja Krishnadevrai was equally fond of architecture and sculpture. It was he who got the famous Ram Mandir of Vijaynagar built, besides the many forts, ramparts, temples, courtyards, monasteries and caravan sarais throughout his empire. He made munificent grants to the Brahmins and temples. His career shines with his various virtues such as courteous behaviour, dexterity in discourse, prudence in politics, his long-range view in chalking out plans and formulating policies, and last but not least, his sternness and valour in respect of the enemies. Western and other foreign historians have unanimously praised him as an unrivalled great ruler! 892. If Maharajadhiraj was most civil with the gentle folks, he was unrelenting and merciless when he fought bravely with the enemies of his