early in his opening sentence. His "Togao Mamede" can be none other
than Muhammad Taghlaq.

Henceforward this will be assumed.[22]



CHAPTER 2

Origin of the Empire (A.D. 1316)

Muhammad's capture of Kampli and Anegundi -- Death of his nephew
Baha-ud-din -- Malik Naib made governor of Anegundi -- Disturbances
-- Harihara Deva Raya raised to be king of Anegundi -- Madhavacharya
Vidyaranya -- The city of Vijayanagar founded -- Legends as to the
origin of the new kingdom.

The city of Vijayanagar is, as already stated, generally supposed to
have been founded in the year 1336, and that that date is not far from
the truth may be gathered from two facts. Firstly, there is extant
an inscription of the earliest real king, Harihara I. or Hariyappa,
the "Haraib" of Ibn Batuta,[23] dated in A.D. 1340. Secondly, the
account given by that writer of a raid southwards by Muhammad Taghlaq
tallies at almost all points with the story given at the beginning
of the Chronicle of Nuniz, and this raid took place in 1334.[24]

For if a comparison is made between the narrative of Batuta and the
traditional account given by Nuniz as to the events that preceded and
led to the foundation of Vijayanagar, little doubt will remain in the
mind that both relate to the same event. According to Ibn Batuta,[25]