ever-marauding Moslems was to establish himself and his people in
a condition of greater security than before. He was succeeded by
"one called Bucarao" (Bukka), who reigned thirty-seven years, and
the next king was the latter's son, "Pureoyre Deo" (Harihara Deva II.).

We know from other sources that part at least of this story is
correct. Harihara I. and Bukka were the first two kings and were
brothers, while the third king, Harihara II., was certainly the son
of Bukka.

The success of the early kings was phenomenal. Ibn Batuta, who was
in India from 1333 to 1342, states that even in his day a Muhammadan
chief on the western coast was subject to Harihara I., whom he calls
"Haraib" or "Harib," from "Hariyappa" another form of the king's
name; while a hundred years later Abdur Razzak, envoy from Persia,
tells us that the king of Vijayanagar was then lord of all Southern
India, from sea to sea and from the Dakhan to Cape Comorin --
"from the frontier of Serendib (Ceylon) to the extremities of the
country of Kalbergah ... His troops amount in number to eleven lak,"
I.E. 1,100,000. Even so early as 1378 A.D., according to Firishtah,[9]
the Raya of Vijayanagar was "in power, wealth, and extent of country"
greatly the superior of the Bahmani king of the Dakhan.

The old southern states appear (we have little history to guide
us) to have in general submitted peaceably to the rule of the new
monarchy. They were perhaps glad to submit if only the dreaded
foreigners could be kept out of the country. And thus by leaps
and bounds the petty state grew to be a kingdom, and the kingdom
expanded till it became an empire. Civil war and rebellion amongst
the Muhammadans helped Harihara and Bukka in their enterprise. Sick