Prelims · 1 Ancient & Medieval India · APPSC Group 2
1.7.1 Vijayanagara and Bahmani notes
8 notes, in reading order.
- 1.7.1.1Founding of Vijayanagara: Harihara, Bukka and the Sangamas
Vijayanagara was founded in 1336 by the brothers Harihara I and Bukka I on the Tungabhadra, and the Sangama line (1336-1485) turned it into the leading Hindu power of the south.
Standard · 7 min · Full course - 1.7.1.2Saluvas and Tuluvas: the reign of Krishnadevaraya
The Saluvas saved the state in the 1480s and the Tuluvas made it a peak power; Krishnadeva Raya (1509-29) won Raichur, humbled the Gajapatis and patronised Telugu as the greatest Vijayanagara king.
Standard · 7 min · Full course - 1.7.1.3Battle of Talikota 1565 and the Aravidu dynasty
In 1565 the combined Deccan sultans routed Vijayanagara at Rakshasi-Tangadi (Talikota), killed Rama Raya and sacked Hampi; the Aravidu dynasty continued from Penukonda and later Chandragiri.
Standard · 6 min · Full course - 1.7.1.4Vijayanagara administration: nayankara and ayagar systems
Vijayanagara ruled through a king-led central government, a ladder of territorial units, amara-nayaka military chiefs and hereditary ayagar village officers.
Standard · 6 min · Full course - 1.7.1.5Vijayanagara economy, society and foreign visitors
Vijayanagara's wealth rested on irrigated farming, craft and a sea trade in horses, spices and cloth, and its social life is known mainly from foreign visitors.
Standard · 6 min · Full course - 1.7.1.6Vijayanagara architecture: Hampi and the Raya gopuram
Vijayanagara architecture, centred on Hampi, grew from the Chola-Pandya-Hoysala tradition into a grand style marked by raya gopurams, pillared kalyana mandapas and carved pillars with rearing yalis.
Standard · 6 min · Full course - 1.7.1.7Bahmani kingdom: founding, Mahmud Gawan and break-up
The Bahmani kingdom (1347-c.1527) was the first independent Muslim state of the Deccan; it peaked under the minister Mahmud Gawan and broke into five sultanates after noble factionalism.
Standard · 6 min · Full course - 1.7.1.8Deccan Sultanates: Bijapur, Ahmadnagar, Golconda, Berar and Bidar
The five Deccan sultanates that emerged from the Bahmani kingdom defeated Vijayanagara at Talikota (1565) and were absorbed by the Mughals between about 1600 and 1687.
Standard · 6 min · Full course
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