The date of the last inscription of Harihara II. as yet brought to
light is, as before stated, October 15, A.D. 1399. There are two
inscriptions extant of Bukka II., his eldest son, both dated in
A.D. 1406,[83] and several of the latter's successor, the younger
brother of Bukka II., whose name was Devaraya I., and whose reign
lasted till at least A.D. 1412.

It will be remembered that the first king of Vijayanagar, Harihara I.,
was an old man (Nuniz says "very old"), and reigned seven years. His
successor, Bukka, his brother, reigned thirty-seven years according to
Nuniz, and perhaps, therefore, it would be best not to assume too great
an age for Harihara I. However this may be, it would appear that when
the peaceful monarch Harihara II., son of Bukka I., came to the throne,
his father must have died at a very advanced age, and he himself
must have been by no means young. He reigned at least twenty years,
as before stated, and we are therefore justified in assuming that at
the close of his reign (in A.D. 1399) he was quite an old man. With
this in our minds, let us turn to Firishtah's narrative of the reign of
Firuz Shah Bahmani, beginning with his accession in November A.D. 1397.

He tells us that in the Hijra year 801 (13th September 1398 to 3rd
September 1399), month not given --

"Dewal Roy of Beejanuggur, with thirty thousand horse and a vast
army of foot, invaded the royal territories between the rivers,
with a design to reduce the forts of Mudkul and Roijore" (Raichur).

And in a later passage we are told that the campaign was at an end
a few months before the end of Hijra 801; I.E. a few months before
the end of August A.D. 1399. The first movement of the Hindu army