भारतीय इतिहास के ६ स्वर्णिम पृष्ठ (वीर सावरकर - विदेशी आक्रान्ताओं पर विजय गाथा)

situated the famous fort of Shivneri. Somewhere between Daulatabad and
Junner, there was a small village called ‘Binkar’. Finding it suitable for his
capital, he named it as Ahmednagar after his own name Ahmed in A.D.
1494.
889. This break-up of the Bahamani Kingdom was mainly due to the
internal dissensions of the Muslims. The original Bahamani Kingdom had
vowed to destroy Vijaynagar. But the latter survived to see the break-up of
the Bahamani Kingdom into five fragments and continued to fight
adamantly with all those five Muslim states, and proved to be more than a
match to all of them for at least seventy-five years to come!
890. The claim that the Muslims never fought amongst themselves is once
again belied by this five-fold fragmentation of the Bahamani kingdom,
which was caused by their internal rivalries. That the Muslim Sultans
looked for help at the mighty Hindu empire of Vijaynagar in order to put
down their Muslim rivals, gives the lie to their second boast that they never
sought help from the Hindus!
Maharajadhiraj Krishnadevrai
891. To the above-mentioned Tuluv dynasty of Naresh of Vijaynagar,
belonged the mighty emperor Krishnadevrai, who ruled from A.D. 1509 to
1530. He was well-educated and his address was clever and pleasing. He
impressed even the greatest of scholars of the time. The learned scholars of
Sanskrit, Telugu, Tamil and Kannad literatures were generously patronized
by his court. In his court were eight great poets, whom he called
अष्टदिग्गज (‘Elephants of the Eight Directions’). He himself was a great
writer. His Telugu book named अमुक्ता माल्यदा is very well-known.
Maharaja Krishnadevrai was equally fond of architecture and sculpture. It
was he who got the famous Ram Mandir of Vijaynagar built, besides the
many forts, ramparts, temples, courtyards, monasteries and caravan sarais
throughout his empire. He made munificent grants to the Brahmins and
temples. His career shines with his various virtues such as courteous
behaviour, dexterity in discourse, prudence in politics, his long-range view
in chalking out plans and formulating policies, and last but not least, his
sternness and valour in respect of the enemies. Western and other foreign
historians have unanimously praised him as an unrivalled great ruler!
892. If Maharajadhiraj was most civil with the gentle folks, he was
unrelenting and merciless when he fought bravely with the enemies of his