contended themselves with waiting in their several quarters; under
arms. About four thousand of the sultan's troops, in this interim,
crossed the river in boats and rafts which had been prepared for the
purpose. The enemy's foot, stationed to oppose the passage, terrified
by the alarm in camp and the approach of the sultan's forces, fled in
confusion without waiting to be attacked. Before the morning Feroze
Shaw had crossed the river with his whole army, and at dawn assaulted
the enemy's camp with great fury. Dewul Roy grieved by the death of
his son and panic struck at the bravery of the assailants, made but
a faint resistance. Before sunrise, having taken up his son's corpse,
he fled with his army. The sultan gained immense plunder in the camp,
and pursued him to the vicinity of Beejanuggur. Several actions
happened on the way, all of which were fortunate to the sultan, and
the roads were heaped up with the bodies of the slaughtered Hindoos."

Bukka reached Vijayanagar in safety and took refuge behind its
fortifications, while the Sultan sent his brother Ahmad (afterwards
Sultan), whom he had honoured with the title of "Khankhanan," to
ravage the rich districts south of the city. Ahmad fulfilled his
instructions and returned with numberless prisoners, and amongst them
many Brahmans. The relatives of these in the city begged the aged
Raya (Harihara II., still alive) to offer ransom, and after much
negotiation the Sultan accepted "ten lakhs of oons"[89] and agreed
to the execution of a treaty.

According to this treaty, which was entered into a few months
before the close of the Hijra year 801, I.E. a few months before 3rd
September A.D. 1399, the boundaries of the two kingdoms were to be
the same as before the war, and each party agreed to refrain from
molesting the subjects of the other. This does not look as though