Vijayanagar

Vijayanagara was a Hindu empire on the Tungabhadra, with its capital near Hampi. The Sangama brothers Harihara I and Bukka Raya I founded it in 1336; in 1337 Harihara was consolidating lands south of the river.

By 1374 Bukka had defeated the sultan of Madurai and the Reddys of Kondavidu. Krishnadevaraya, who ruled from 1509 to 1529, defeated the Deccan sultans and the Gajapatis. In 1565 the Deccan sultanates destroyed Rama Raya's army at Talikota and sacked the capital; the Aravidu dynasty retained a rump state until 1646.