The second tradition says that two brothers by name Bukka and Harihara were serving under the King of Warangal in some high capacity. At the time of the destruction of that kingdom by the Mohammedans in A.D. 1323, they fled with a small body of horse and escaped into the hilly country about Anagondi. There, they made the acquaintance of sage Vidyaranya and founded the city of Vijayanagara with his help and influence. As they obtained possession of the country, they called their capital the "city of Victory" or Vijayanagar