⚔ Conquest / annexation
Vijayanagara annexes the Madurai Sultanate
1378 – present · 📍 Madurai
What it led to: Kumara Kampana's campaign ended the Madurai Sultanate.
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- 1382 Jayasthiti Malla's reforms in Nepal · Malla Dynasty of Nepal
Alive at the time
Lal Ded (Lalleshwari)
c. 1320 – c. 1392
Kashmiri mystic poet of the vakhs
Nund Rishi (Sheikh Nooruddin)1377 – 1438
Kashmiri Sufi saint of the Rishi order
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🗂 Era 1
- Medieval IndiaPart of this era
⏳ Periods 1
- Vijayanagara EmpireBelongs to this period
🏛 Kingdoms & empires 9
- Vijayanagara EmpireA phase of
- Sultanate of the Maldives 1153 – 1968Existed at the same time (149 years)
- Malla Dynasty of Nepal 1201 – 1769Existed at the same time (149 years)
- Delhi Sultanate 1206 – 1526Existed at the same time (149 years)
- Ahom Kingdom 1228 – 1826Existed at the same time (149 years)
- Mewar (Sisodia) 1326 – 1949Existed at the same time (149 years)
- Vijayanagara Empire 1336 – 1646Existed at the same time (149 years)
- Bahmani Sultanate 1347 – 1527Existed at the same time (138 years)
- Kingdom of Mysore 1399 – 1950Existed at the same time (86 years)
👑 Rulers 4
- Harihara I 1336 – 1356Ruled it
- Bukka Raya I 1356 – 1377Ruled it
- Harihara II 1377 – 1404Ruled it
- Deva Raya II 1424 – 1446Ruled it
👤 People 4
- Vidyaranya active c. 1340Lived under it
- Nicolò de' Conti 1395 – 1469Lived under it
- Annamacharya c. 1408 – c. 1503Lived under it
- Abdur Razzaq 1413 – 1482Lived under it
⚔ Events 4
- Vijayanagara founded 1336Happened in it
- Vijayanagara annexes the Madurai Sultanate 1378Happened in it
- Nicolò de' Conti visits Vijayanagara 1420Happened in it
- Abdur Razzaq's embassy to Vijayanagara 1443Happened in it
📄 Research 3
- Inscribing the Other, Inscribing the Self: Hindu-Muslim Identities in Pre-Colon… Cynthia Talbot · 1995Research on this topic
- The Formation of Chinese Maritime Networks to Southern Asia, 1200–1450 Tansen Sen · 2006Research on this topic
- The temple and the state in medieval South India Kesavan Veluthat · 2017Research on this topic
📚 Books 2
- A Forgotten Empire: Vijayanagar Robert SewellRecommended reading
- Themes in Indian History, Parts I–III (Class 12) NCERTRecommended reading