Tuluva Dynasty
( 1505 - 70 AD )
Tuluva Dynasty ( 1505 - 70 AD )
vira Narsimha (1505-09): Vir Narsimha, the son of Narsa Nayaka, became the king after the assassination of Immadi Narsimha, the last Saluva ruler.
Krishna Deva Raya ( 1509 - 29 AD )
» Saluva Timma, the chief minister of Vira Narsimha, placed Krishna Deva Raya, the brother of Vira Narsimha, on the throne.
» Krishna Deva Raya maintained friendly relations with Albuquerque/ the Portuguese governor, whose ambassador Friar Luis resided in Vijayanagar. He won Orissa (Gajapti kingdom) for Vijayanagar and Vijayanagar emerged strongest during his reign.
» He built the Vijaya Mahal (House of Victory), the Hazara Rama temple and the Vithal Swami temple.
» He took the titles of Yavanaraja Sthapnachrya (restorer of the Yavana kingdom i.e. Bidar kingdom) and Abhinava Bhoja. He is also known as Andhra Bhoj and Andhra Pitamaha.
» He was a gifted scholar in both Telugu and Sanskrit, of which only two works are extant: the Telugu work on polity 'Amuktamalyada' and the Sanskrit drama ‘Jambavati Kalyanam'.
» His court was adorned by the 'Ashtadiggajas' (the eight celebrated poets of Telugu) :
1. Peddana (Manucharitam)
2. Timmaya (Parijata Apaharanama)
3. Bhattamurthi
4. Dhurjati
5. Malian
6. Raju Ramchandra
7. Surona
8. Tenall Ramkrisha (Panduranga Mahamatya)
» Krishna Deva Raya, a contemporary of Babur, was the most illustrious ruler of the Deccan.
» Duarte Barbosa and Dominigo Paes, Portuguese travellers, visited Vijaya-nagar during the time of Krishna Deva Raya.
Achyuta Deva Raya ( 1529 - 42 )
Krishna Deva Raya nominated his brother Achyuta Deva Raya as the successor. During his reign, Famao Nunij, a Portugese horse trader, visited Vijayanagar.
Venkata I (1542) and Sadashiva Raya (1543-76)
Real power was exercised by Roma Raja/Raya and his two brothers. The five successor states of the Bahamani empire were divided through Rama Raja s diplomacy. e Battle of Talikota (also called the Battle of Rakshasa-Tangadi) was fought on 23 Jan.,1565. Rama Raja was taken prisoner and executed by Hussain Nizam Shah I.
The city of Vijayanagar, which was the pride of medieval world, was mercile 1 destroyed. Caesar Frederick, a Portuguese traveller, visited Vijayanagar ' 1567-68 during the reign of Sadashiva Raya.
The Aravidu Dynasty ( 1570 - 1650 AD )
Tirumala Raya, the brother of Rama Raja, ruled in the name of Sadasiva Raya. On his failure to repopulate Vijayanagar, he shifted the capital to Penugonda. He divided his empire into three practically linguistic sections.
» The empire slowly shrunk and the Aravidu dynasty ended in 1646.