Vijayanagara Empire
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Was an Indian Empire that succeded the Delhi Sultanate in southern India. It coverered much of of South India, controlling the lands of the modern states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa and some parts of Telangana and Maharashtra.
Establishment
January 1336: The Vijayanagara Empire liberated southern India from the Delhi Sultanate.
Chronology
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1. Events
January 1337: From the ruins of the Kampili kingdom emerged the Vijayanagara Kingdom in 1336 CE. He initially controlled the northern portions of the Hoysala Empire.
January 1344: After nearly three decades of resistance, Veera Ballala III was killed at the battle of Madurai in 1343, and the sovereign territories of the Hoysala empire were merged with the areas administered by Harihara I in the Tungabhadra River region.
January 1369: The Musunuri Nayakas were disestablished during the Bahmani-Vijayanagar War.
January 1369: Kapaya Nayaka was a powerful military leader in the region of Golconda. Bahaman Shah was the ruler of the Bahmani Sultanate. The military engagements between them resulted in Kapaya Nayaka losing control of Golconda to the Bahmani Sultanate in 1368.
January 1375: Bukka Raya I was the king of the Vijayanagara Empire, succeeding Harihara I. Arcot was a chiefdom in southern India. The defeat of Arcot in 1374 expanded the territory of the Vijayanagara Empire.
January 1375: The Kingdom of Kalinga, that controlled the region of Odisha (Orya), was captured by the Vijayanagara Empire.
January 1375: Tungabhadra-Krishna River doab conquered by Vijayanagara Empire.
January 1376: The Sambuvarayas lost power and went into decline with the rapid expansion of the Vijayanagar empire in the 14th century. Rajanarayana Sambuvaraya allied with the Vijayanagar ruler Harihara I against the Sultanate of Madura but was later killed by Harihara's brother Bukka Raya I who sought to bring most of South India under his rule.
January 1379: In 1378, Harihara I of the Vijayanagara Empire extended his control into the northwest, gaining authority over important ports like Goa, Chaul, and Dabhol. This expansion helped solidify the empire's influence in the region.
January 1379: The Madurai Sultanate was destroyed by the rise of Vijayanagar.
January 1423: By c.1422, Deva Raya I came to control territory up to the Krishna river - Tungabhadra river doab including Pangal.
January 1425: In 1424, Kondavidu was annexed to the Vijayanagara Empire.
January 1434: The cessation of the Ming treasure voyages, led by Chinese explorer Zheng He, had negative consequences for the Kingdom of Cochin in 1433. The Zamorin of Calicut, a powerful ruler in the region, took advantage of the weakened state of Cochin and launched an invasion against the kingdom.
January 1447: Expansion of the Vijayanagara Empire under Deva Raya II, the greatest of the Sangama dynasty rulers.
January 1455: The Gajapatis conquered Rajamahendri in 1454.
January 1461: In 1460, Hamvira Deva's commander Tamavupala conquered the southern states of Udayagiri and Chandragiri, expanding the territory of the Gajapati Kingdom into the Vijayanagara empire as far as Trichinapalli, Tanjore, and Arcot.
January 1466: The Mudhol jagir (estate) was founded ca 1400. Ruled by the Maratha Ghorpade dynasty. In 1670, Mudhol estate became a state.
January 1467: In 1466, during the reign of King Prataparudra Deva, the Gajapati Kingdom reached its maximal extent as shown on the map. The territory expanded significantly under his rule.
January 1470: The Vijayanagara monarchs, led by King Virupaksha Raya II, ruled over the territory of Goa until 1469. In that year, the Bahmani sultans of Gulbarga, under the leadership of Mahmud Gawan, successfully appropriated the territory from Vijayanagara control.
January 1471: Virupaksha Raya II lost the Konkan coast (including Goa, Chaul, and Dabul) by 1470 to Prime Minister Mahamud Gawan from the Bahamani kingdom.
January 1486: The Bahmani Sultan would also invade Doab of Krishna and Tungabhadra.
January 1500: After the fall of the Vijayanagara Empire in 1565, the Keladi Kingdom gained independence and ruled significant parts of Malnad region of the Western Ghats in present-day Karnataka.
January 1501: Prataparudra Deva, the ruler of the Gajapati Kingdom was able to briefly capture the Vijayanagara or Vidyanagar fort in 1500. This event is recorded in the Anantavarman copper plates, stating that he reached the banks of the river Krishna on 4 November 1500 AD.
February 1501: Gajapati forces left the Vijayanagara fort.
January 1508: In the early 16th century the Portuguese made commercial contacts with the town and established a commercial centre in Nagapattinam.
January 1510: In 1509, Krishnadevaraya's armies clashed with Sultan Mahmud who was severely injured and defeated. Yusuf Adil Shah was killed and the Raichur Doab was annexed. Taking advantage of the victory, the Raya reunited Bidar, Gulbarga, and Bijapur into Vijayanagar.
January 1514: The Vijayanagar army, led by King Krishnadevaraya, laid siege to the Udayagiri fort in 1512. The Gajapati army, under the rule of Gajapati Prataparudra Deva, eventually disintegrated after a year-long campaign due to starvation.
January 1514: The Vijayanagar army laid siege to the Udayagiri fort in 1512. The campaign lasted for a year before the Gajapati army disintegrated due to starvation.
January 1515: Krishandevaraya returned all the lands that the Vijayanagara Empire captured to the North of the Krishna River.
January 1516: After the fall of Kondapalli, the Odia controlled smaller forts in Telegana region like Khamammettu, Anantagiri, Kanakgiri, Nalagonda, Udrakonda, Urlagonda, etc. were taken over by the Vijayanagar forces.
January 1516: The Gajapati Kingdom is acquired by the Vijayanagara Empire.
January 1516: In 1515, the Kondapalli Fort was lost to the Vijayanagara Empire. The fort was a strategic stronghold in southern India, and its loss was a significant blow to the local rulers. The event marked a shift in power dynamics in the region, with the Vijayanagara Empire gaining control over the territory.
January 1519: By 1518 the Bijapur Sultanate controlled the western area of the Deccan region of Southern India.
January 1519: Borders of the Golconda Sultanate by 1518.
May 1520: Vijayanagara conquest of Gulberga.
January 1528: The south Indian Emperor Krishnadevaraya of the Vijayanagara Empire defeated the last remnant of Bahmani Sultanate power after which the Bahmani Sultanate collapsed.
January 1533: The Nayaks of Thanjavur were originally appointed as provincial governors by the Vijayanagara Emperor in the 15th century, who divided the Tamil country into three Nayakships viz., Madurai, Tanjore and Gingee. In the mid 16th century they became an independent kingdom, although they continued their alliance with the Vijayanagara Empire.
January 1535: Ismail Adil Shah was the ruler of the Bijapur Sultanate, a kingdom in southern India. The Raichur Doab was a strategic territory located between the Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers. The capture of Raichur Doab in 1534 by Ismail Adil Shah expanded the territory of the Bijapur Sultanate.
January 1541: Losses of the Gajapati Kingdom to Vijayanagara by 1540.
January 1543: The Vijayanagara Empire recaptured the forts of Raichur and Mudgal.
January 1549: Thoothukudi was taken over by the Portuguese in 1548.
February 1565: The Sultanates of Bijapur, Ahmadnagar, Golconda, and Bidar, attacked and plundered the city of Hampi in 1565. This military occupation led to the destruction of the city, which was never re-occupied.
March 1565: After pluneding Hampi, the joint froces from the Sultanates of Bijapur, Ahmadnagar, Golconda, and Bidar left the city.
January 1566: The kings who followed ruled as vassals of the Vijayanagara empire until the decline of the latter in 1565. By this time, the kingdom had expanded to thirty-three villages protected by a force of 300 soldiers.
January 1566: After the death of Aravidu Aliya Rama Raya, the last ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire, the Wodeyars of Mysore, took advantage of the power vacuum and seized control of Srirangapatna.
January 1566: The kings who followed ruled as vassals of the Vijayanagara empire until the decline of the latter in 1565. By this time, the kingdom had expanded to thirty-three villages protected by a force of 300 soldiers. King Timmaraja II conquered some surrounding chiefdoms.
January 1566: The Sultanate expanded southward, first with the conquest of the Raichur Doab following the defeat of the Vijayanagar Empire at the Battle of Talikota in 1565.
January 1571: Mysore Raja Wodeyar I's reign saw territorial expansion with the annexation of Channapatna to the north from Jaggadeva Raya.
January 1575: In 1574 CE, Murtaza Nizam Shah of Ahmadnagar annexed Berar.
January 1602: The Kingdom of Ramnad was founded along the southeastern coast of India.
January 1609: Thirupathiripuliyur was founded by the Dutch in 1608 on the ruins of an old Portuguese fort.
January 1609: The Dutch East India Company, led by Governor-General Pieter Both, established a settlement in an old house in Parangippettai (Porto Novo) in 1608.
January 1610: Dutch outpost in Tenganapatnam established in 1609.
January 1613: Sadras is enlarged into a full factory by the Dutch.
January 1626: The Dutch outpost in Thirupathiripuliyur was destroyed in 1625 by a local chief.
January 1640: Madras is acquired by the British East India Company.
Disestablishment
January 1647: What remained of the ancient Vijayanagara Empire was finally conquered in 1646 by the armies of Bijapur and Golconda.
January 1647: Initially the Madurai Nayak were governors of the Vijayanagara Empire but became independent after the fall of this kingdom.
January 1647: Mohammed Adil Shah (1627-1657), extended Bijapur's formal borders and nominal authority as far south as Bangalore.
January 1647: The Vijayanagar Emperor divided the Tamil country into three Nayakships viz., Madurai, Tanjore and Gingee.
