Note 85 — THE KING AND HIS FOUR MINISTERS.
Edward Rehatsek translation
Vijanajara, now a village in Hospet táluk, Bellary district, Madras Presidency. The proper name of this village is Hampi, but Vijanajara was the name of the dynasty and the kingdom which had its capital there, and was the last great Hindú power in the South. Founded by two adventurers in the middle of the 14th century, it lasted for two centuries, till its sun went down at Tálikot in 1565 A.D. The ruins of Hampi cover nine square miles.—Sir W. W. Hunter’s Imperial Gazetteer of India.