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The Vijayanagara Empire (/ v ɪ ˌ dʒ ə j ə ˈ n ə ɡ ə r ə /; also known as the Karnata Kingdom) was a late medieval Hindu empire that ruled much of southern India. It was established in 1336 by the brothers Harihara I and Bukka Raya I of the Sangama dynasty, belonging to the Yadava clan of Chandravamsa lineage. [5] [6] [a]
The Vijayanagara Empire (1336–1646) was the most prominent medieval Hindu empire of southern India.It was established on the banks of Tungabhadra River in present-day Karnataka and consisted of the modern states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa and some parts of Telangana, Maharashtra and Sri Lanka.
Harihara I, also called Hakka and Vira Harihara I, was the founder of the Vijayanagara Empire, in present-day Karnataka, India, which he ruled from 18 April 1336 to 20 November 1355. [5] He and his successors formed the Sangama dynasty, the first of four dynasties to rule the empire.
Bukka Raya I (reigned 1356–1377 CE) was an emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire from the Sangama Dynasty. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] He was a son of Bhavana Sangama , [ 6 ] claimed by Harihara II to be of [ 7 ] Yadava clan of Chandravamsa Kshatriya
The Hoysala Empire and temple cities such as those in Halebidu, Belur and Somanathapura were plundered in early 14th century. [26] [27] [5] From the ruins of this collapse and destruction emerged Vijayanagara Empire and its new capital Vijayanagara. [5] [6] [28] The city was founded by Harihara I and Bukka, the Sangama brothers. [29]
Aiyangar opines that since the Kakatiya dynasty collapsed about 20 years before the demise of Veera Ballala III of Hoysala Empire in 1342 CE, and Hosapattana was established as a second capital by Veera Ballala III (which eventually became the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire) it would be impossible for Harihara, the founder of fledgling ...
In the following decades the Vijayanagara empire dominated all of southern India and fought off invasions from the five established Deccan Sultanates. [ 76 ] [ 77 ] The empire reached its peak during the reign of Krishna Deva Raya when Vijayanagara armies were consistently victorious. [ 78 ]
The Nayaka dynasties refers to a group of Hindu dynasties who emerged during the Kakatiya dynasty and the Vijayanagara Empire period in South India.Many of these dynasties, such as the Madurai Nayaks and the Thanjavur Nayaks, were originally military governors under the Vijayanagara Empire, who, after the Battle of Talikota, declared themselves independent and established their own polities.