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A Popular Dictionary of Hinduism

Vijayanagar

(‘the city of victory’) the last stronghold of Hinduism against the Muslim conquest, a kingdom founded by a Hindu confederacy in South India around 1336 which withstood the numerous onslaughts of Islamic forces for almost 300 years and was instrumental in rescuing some important features of Hinduism from obliteration.

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Vijayanagar from A Popular Dictionary of Hinduism. ISBN: 0-203-98618-0. Published: 2005–05–30. ©2009 Taylor and Francis. All rights reserved.



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