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Vijaayanagara Empire

Brief History before Vijayanagara…

• Kumara Rama (1290 AD - 1320 AD),who is considered to be the warrior prince

prior to the establishment of the Vijayanagara Empire.

• Kumara Rama was the son of the King Kampli Raya of Kampli and

• He is younger brother of Hakka-Bukka(the founders of Vijayanagara Empire)

• After the war with Tugalak they lost their kingdom and started working under the

last king of Hoysala..

• The Vijayanagara Empire also called Karnata Empire

• It was established in 1336 by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I of Sangama Dynasty

• Vijaynagar Dynasty rules over India for 3 centuries.

Capital Vijayanagara

Languages Kannada, Telugu,Tamil and others

Religion Hindu

Currency Vijayanagara coinage

Vijayanagara Empire

Map

Flag of Vijaynagara

Vijayanagara Dynasty

Sangama Saalava Tuluva Araveedu

Sangama dynasty

Harihara Raya I 1336–1356

Bukka Raya I 1356–1377

Harihara Raya II 1377–1404

Virupaksha Raya 1404–1405

Bukka Raya II 1405–1406

Deva Raya I 1406–1422

Ramachandra Raya 1422

Vira Vijaya Bukka Raya 1422–1424

Deva Raya II 1424–1446

Mallikarjuna Raya 1446–1465

Virupaksha Raya II 1465–1485

Praudha Raya 1485

Saluva dynasty

Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya 1485–1491

Thimma Bhupala 1491

Narasimha Raya II 1491–1505

Tuluva dynasty

Tuluva Narasa Nayaka 1491–1503

Vira Narasimha Raya 1503–1509

Krishna Deva Raya 1509–1529

Achyuta Deva Raya 1529–1542

Venkata I 1542

Sadasiva Raya 1542–1570

Aravidu dynasty

Aliya Rama Raya 1542–1565

Tirumala Deva Raya 1565–1572

Sriranga I 1572–1586

Venkata II 1586–1614

Sriranga II 1614

Rama Deva Raya 1617–1632

Venkata III 1632–1642

Sriranga III 1642–1646

Krishnadeva Raya 1509-1529

• He is son of Tuluva Narasa Nayaka

• Most important ruler of Saluvas

• Expands military recruitment and purchases

• Expands Empire greatly, builds alliances withPortuguese and other Sultanates

• Builds monumental temples and tries to createlegitimacy through patronage of Brahmins.

• The empire reached its peak during the rule ofKrishna Deva Raya

King Krishna Devarayawith his wives

Chinnammadevi and

Tirumaladevi

• The rulers of the Vijayanagara empire maintained the well-functioning administrative

methods developed by their predecessors, the Hoysala, Kakatiya

• The King was the ultimate authority, assisted by a cabinet of ministers (Pradhana) headed

by the prime minister (Mahapradhana).

• Other important titles recorded were the chief secretary (Karyakartha or Rayaswami) and

the imperial officers

(Adhikari).

• At the lower administrative levels, wealthy feudal landlords (Goudas) supervised

accountants (Karanikas or Karnam) and guards (Kavalu).

• King Krishnadevaraya's personal army consisted of 100,000 infantry, 20,000 cavalrymen

and over 900 elephants.

• This number was only a part of the army numbering over 1.1 million soldiers

• During the rule of the Vijayanagara Empire, poets, scholars and philosophers wrote

primarily in Kannada, Telugu and Sanskrit, and also in other regional languages such as

Tamil .

• The administrative and court languages of the Empire were Kannada and Telugu

• Many kings of the dynasty were themselves litterateurs and authored classics such as King

Krishnadevaraya's Jambavati Kalyana, a poetic and dramatically skillful work.

• During the reign of Krishnadevaraya culture and literature flourished and reached their

heyday.

• The great emperor was himself a celebrated poet having composed Amuktamalyada.

• In his court, eight Telugu poets were regarded as the eight pillars of the literary assembly.

Literature

• In temple building they continued the traditions and styles of the Chalukyas, Cholas and

Pandya's.

• Built of hard stone, the Vijayanagar temples are large structures with spacious mandapas and

lofty gopurams.

• Its stylistic hallmark is the ornate pillared Kalyanamantapa (marriage hall), Vasanthamantapa(open pillared halls) and the Rayagopura (tower)

• The Prasanna Virupaksha temple (underground temple) of Bukka and the Hazare Rama temple

of Deva Raya are examples of Deccan architecture.

• Sasivekalu (mustard) Ganesha and Kadalekalu (ground nut) Ganesha at Hampi,

• The Gommateshvara (Bahubali) monoliths in Karkala and Venur, and the Nandi bull in Lepakshi.

Virupaksha Temple..

Stone Chariotin Vijayavittala Temple

Kamala Mahal….

Commercial area

Architecure….

Ugranarasimhaswamy

Kalyani

Battle of Talikota

Belligerents

Deccan sultanates

• Ahmadnagar Sultanate

• Bijapur Sultanate

• Golkonda Sultanate

• Berar Sultanate

• Bidar Sultanate

Vijayanagara Empire

In 26 January 1565, a watershed battle fought between the Vijayanagara Empire and the Deccan

sultanates, resulted in a defeat of Vijayanagara.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijayanagara_Empire

• http://indiapicks.com/annapurna/O_Vijayanagar.htm

• Nilakanta Sastri, K. A. (1955) [reissued 2002]. A history of South India from prehistoric times to the fall of Vijayanagar.

• Image Source : Google images..

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