the events of the reign of Bukka at Vijayanagar.

After an interval, enraged at an insult offered or supposed to have
been offered by the Rajah of Warangal, Muhammad made a rapid advance
to the former's city of "Vellunputtun," as it is spelt by Firishtah,
or "Filampatan," according to the author of the BURHAN-I-MAASIR. He
seized it, slaughtered the inhabitants without mercy, and captured
the unfortunate prince Vinayaka Deva.[41] The Sultan "commanded a
pile of wood to be lighted before the citadel, and putting Nagdeo in
an engine (catapult), had him shot from the walls into the flames,
in which he was consumed." After a few days' rest the Sultan retired,
but was followed and harassed by large bodies of Hindus and completely
routed. Only 1500 men returned to Kulbarga, and the Sultan himself
received a severe wound in his arm.

This was followed by a joint embassy from Bukka of Vijayanagar and
the prince of Warangal to the Sultan of Delhi, in which they offered
to act in conjunction with him should an army be sent southwards
by that monarch in order to regain his lost power in the Dakhan;
"but Feroze Shah, being too much employed with domestic commotions to
assist them, did not attend to their representations." Thus encouraged,
Muhammad assembled fresh forces and despatched them in two divisions
against Warangal and Golkonda. The expedition was successful and the
Rajah submitted, the Sultan receiving Golkonda, an immense treasure,
and a magnificent throne as the price of peace. The throne was set
with precious stones of great value, and being still further enriched
by subsequent sovereigns was at one time valued at four millions
sterling.[42] Warangal finally fell in A.D. 1424, and was annexed
to the Bahmani kingdom, thus bringing the Muhammadans down to the
River Krishna all along its length except in the neighbourhood of