A third tradition says that there were two brothers who were officers in the service of the Mohammedan governor subsequent to its capture in A.D. 1309. They were despatched by the governor of Warangal under the command of Malik-Kafur in A.D. 1310 against the Hoysala Ballala, who was ruling in Dwarasamudra. The capital of the Hoysalas was captured, but these two brothers suffered a defeat, they fled with the army under the command to the mountainous tracts near Anagondi. There they met the holy sage Vidyaranya who was living the life of a recluse. This sage helped the two brothers to establish a kingdom, by his learning and influence, and to found the city of Vijayanagara, afterwards so famous for its extent, population, wealth and magnificence.