During his reign, the kingdom stretched in a westerly direction to the hills north of Berar, including the fortress of Gawilghur.
He captured Narsingh Rai's eldest son and the Gond ruler, with his power reduced, went to Firuz Shah Bahmani's camp at Ellichpur with his family.
He was to pay a fixed tribute every year and one of his daughters was married into Firuz Shah's harem as a political move.
For a brief period the tables were turned as the Gond king pursued Hoshang's army when they were retreating across the hilly country of Kherla from an unsuccessful campaign in the Deccan and slaughtered the soldiers.
Next, when Ahmad Shah, the Bahmani ruler and Narsingh Rai's ally was campaigning in Gujarat, Hoshang jumped upon this opportunity and attacked Kherla once again.