6_Glorious_Epochs_of_Indian_History

5TH GLORIOUS EPOCH 343?
MOST PROBABLY AS PER A PRECONCEIVED
PLAN
861. They paid a visit to the then chief preceptor of
Sankeshwar Math, Shree Shankaracharya Vidyaranyaswami
who was a skilled politician too. Immediately the Shanka­
racharya himself re-converted these two converted Hindus*
who promptly raised a Hindu army and defeated the Muslim
host which they themselves had led a short time ago. Soon
in consultation with Shankaracharya Vidyaranyaswami and
many other brave Hindu leaders, it was decided to found an
independent sovereign state on the banks of the river
Tungbhadra'. The capital was established at the newly
founded city of Vijaynagar Av^hich bespoke of Hindu victory.
The reins of this kingdom were placed in the hands of Shree
Harihar in A.D. 1336 while Shri Vidyaranya himself became
his chief minister*.
862. At this very stage it is advisable to explain one
enigmatic episode which is not yet so explained by historians.
The event in question is the transfer of the capital from
Delhi to Devgiri by Mohammad Tughlak, who is considered
'crazy' but who was, in fact, a 'learned fool*, without any
practical sense. His decision to shift the Capital of his
Empire from Delhi to Devgiri is considered to be his wayward
caprice. But it was not a pure whim of his. It was to
consolidate his victories in the Deccan that were gained by
his generals and to rule that region effectively that he
thought of having his capital in its very midst*. Again his
precipitate decision to shift his capital back to Delhi which
resulted in untold sufferings for the people was also not his
pure caprice. In fact, it was for the last ten years or so
that the Muslim rule seemed to have stabilized itself in the
Deccan, but it was most humiliating and so most hateful and
unbearable to the Hindus. So all the Hindu kings, all the
Hindu religious preachers and law-givers and Hindu people
at large were preparing feverishly though secretly to
overthrow that alien rule", and the Muslim army had also,
grown panicky about such an armed rising. The Sultan