What Sewell called the ‘Forgotten Empire’ once unified the larger part of South India, governing it from Vijayanagara for over 200 years. Once modern methods of research took root, the effort began to reconstruct its history. British historians saw in it a predecessor—an imperfect, but predecessor all the same. Indian historians tended to see in it good evidence of Indian capacity for military enterprise and efficient administration. Since Independence, the trend has continued, with Burton Stein on one side and T.V. Mahanlingam, on the other side. But a more objective trend is also noticeable now, in the work of Y. Subbarayalu and N. Karashima.

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现代史学中的维贾亚尼亚加拉：一项调查

塞维尔（Sewell）所说的“被遗忘的帝国”曾经统一了南印度的大部分地区，从维贾亚尼亚加拉（Vijayanagara）统治了200多年。一旦现代研究方法扎根，便开始重建其历史。英国历史学家认为它的前身是不完美的，但前身都是一样。印度历史学家倾向于从中看到印度有能力开展军事事业和有效管理的充分证据。自独立以来，这一趋势一直持续，一方面是伯顿·斯坦（Burton Stein），另一方面是电视马汉林根（Mahanlingam）。但是，在Y. Subbarayalu和N. Karashima的工作中，现在也出现了更为客观的趋势。