Textbook
Themes in Indian History, Parts I–III (Class 12)
Source-based chapters on Harappa, Vijayanagara, the Mughal court and 1857 — essential for UPSC.
Saluva Dynasty
Dynasty
Level 3
Dynastic phase
1485 – 1505
Saluva Narasimha rescued the empire from collapse.
- Region
- South
- Duration
- 20 years
- Main period
- Vijayanagara Empire
- Part of
- Vijayanagara Empire
At a glance
Move along the chart to read any year; click a ruler or event to open the map there.
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Rulers
- Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya Raya1485 – 1491
Selected rulers; gaps in the list are not gaps in the dynasty.
📚 Recommended reading on the Saluva Dynasty
Textbook
History of Medieval India
The go-to single volume on the Sultanate, Mughals and regional kingdoms.
Reference
A History of South India
The classic survey of the south, from prehistory to the fall of Vijayanagara.
Primary source / classic
A Forgotten Empire: Vijayanagar
Includes translations of the Portuguese travellers Paes and Nuniz on Vijayanagara.
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📄 Research papers
Paper🏛 Library access
Inscribing the Other, Inscribing the Self: Hindu-Muslim Identities in Pre-Colonial India
Uses Andhra inscriptions to show how identities were described in the Kakatiya and Sultanate era.
Paper🏛 Library access
The Formation of Chinese Maritime Networks to Southern Asia, 1200–1450
Indian Ocean trade between China and South India, including Zheng He's voyages to Calicut.
Paper🏛 Library access
🇮🇳 Indian scholarship
The temple and the state in medieval South India
The temple as landholder, bank and seat of royal legitimacy under the Cholas and after.
Contemporaries
Powers that coexisted with the Saluva Dynasty for a significant part of its history. The bar shows when, within its own span.
Sultanate of the Maldives ★
Islands · c. 1153 – 1968
Overlap: 20 years
Malla Dynasty of Nepal ★
Himalaya · 1201 – 1769
Overlap: 20 years
Delhi Sultanate ★
North · 1206 – 1526
Overlap: 20 years
Ahom Kingdom ★
Northeast · 1228 – 1826
Overlap: 20 years
Mewar (Sisodia) ★
West · 1326 – 1949
Overlap: 20 years
Vijayanagara Empire ★
South · 1336 – 1646
Overlap: 20 years
Bahmani Sultanate ★
Deccan · 1347 – 1527
Overlap: 20 years
Kingdom of Mysore ★
South · 1399 – 1950
Overlap: 20 years
Kingdom of Kandy ★
Sri Lanka · c. 1469 – 1815
Overlap: 20 years
Zamorins of Calicut
South · c. 1124 – 1766
Overlap: 20 years
Kachwahas of Amber (Jaipur)
West · c. 1128 – 1949
Overlap: 20 years
Jaffna Kingdom
Sri Lanka · c. 1215 – 1619
Overlap: 20 years
Marwar (Rathore)
West · c. 1226 – 1949
Overlap: 20 years
Kashmir Sultanate
North · 1339 – 1586
Overlap: 20 years
Samma Dynasty
Northwest · 1351 – 1524
Overlap: 20 years
Bengal Sultanate
East · 1352 – 1576
Overlap: 20 years
Timurid Empire (Herat)
Northwest · 1370 – 1507
Overlap: 20 years
Malwa Sultanate
Central · 1392 – 1562
Overlap: 20 years
Gujarat Sultanate
West · 1407 – 1573
Overlap: 20 years
Kingdom of Kotte
Sri Lanka · 1412 – 1597
Overlap: 20 years
Gajapati Kingdom
East · 1434 – 1541
Overlap: 20 years
Ahmadnagar Sultanate (Nizam Shahi)
Deccan · 1490 – 1636
Overlap: 15 years
Bijapur Sultanate (Adil Shahi)
Deccan · 1490 – 1686
Overlap: 15 years
Berar Sultanate (Imad Shahi)
Deccan · 1490 – 1574
Overlap: 15 years
Bidar Sultanate (Barid Shahi)
Deccan · 1492 – 1619
Overlap: 13 years