⚔ Battle · ★ Major
Battle of Talikota
1565 – present · 📍 Talikota
Deccan Sultanates defeat Vijayanagara; Hampi sacked.
What it led to: Vijayanagara's army was routed and its capital Hampi was sacked.
Where it happened.
Meanwhile (within 10 years)
- 1556 ⚔ Second Battle of Panipat · Mughal Empire
- 1558 ⚔ Portuguese occupy Malé · Portuguese Malé
- 1559 Drabya Shah founds the Gorkha kingdom · Gorkha Kingdom
- 1564 Akbar abolishes the jizya · Mughal Empire
- 1568 ⚔ Akbar takes Chittorgarh · Mughal Empire
- 1571 Fatehpur Sikri founded · Mughal Empire
- 1573 ⚔ Akbar conquers Gujarat · Mughal Empire
- 1573 Muhammad Thakurufaanu frees the Maldives · Sultanate of the Maldives
Alive at the time
Srimanta Sankardev
c. 1449 – c. 1568
Assamese saint who founded Ekasarana Dharma and the sattras
Surdasc. 1478 – c. 1583
Blind Bhakti poet of the Sursagar
Tansenc. 1500 – c. 1589
Musician at Akbar's court and one of the Navaratnas
Gulbadan Begum1523 – 1603
Babur's daughter who wrote the Humayun-nama
Birbal1528 – 1586
Minister and famed wit at Akbar's court
Tulsidasc. 1532 – c. 1623
Author of the Ramcharitmanas
Abdul Qadir Badayunic. 1540 – c. 1615
Historian who wrote the Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh
Abul Fazl1551 – 1602
Author of the Akbarnama and Ain-i-Akbari
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🗂 Era 1
- Medieval IndiaPart of this era
⏳ Periods 1
- Vijayanagara EmpireBelongs to this period
🏛 Kingdoms & empires 12
- Vijayanagara EmpireA phase of
- Sultanate of the Maldives 1153 – 1968Existed at the same time (65 years)
- Malla Dynasty of Nepal 1201 – 1769Existed at the same time (65 years)
- Delhi Sultanate 1206 – 1526Existed at the same time (21 years)
- Ahom Kingdom 1228 – 1826Existed at the same time (65 years)
- Mewar (Sisodia) 1326 – 1949Existed at the same time (65 years)
- Vijayanagara Empire 1336 – 1646Existed at the same time (65 years)
- Bahmani Sultanate 1347 – 1527Existed at the same time (22 years)
- Kingdom of Mysore 1399 – 1950Existed at the same time (65 years)
- Kingdom of Kandy 1469 – 1815Existed at the same time (65 years)
- Portuguese Estado da Índia 1505 – 1961Existed at the same time (65 years)
- Mughal Empire 1526 – 1857Existed at the same time (44 years)
👑 Rulers 4
- Vira Narasimha Raya 1505 – 1509Ruled it
- Krishnadevaraya 1509 – 1529Ruled it
- Achyuta Deva Raya 1529 – 1542Ruled it
- Sadasiva Raya 1542 – 1570Ruled it
👤 People 4
- Purandara Dasa c. 1484 – c. 1564Lived under it
- Domingo Paes active c. 1520Lived under it
- Tenali Ramakrishna active c. 1520Lived under it
- Allasani Peddana active c. 1520Lived under it
⚔ Events 3
- Battle of Talikota 1565Happened in it
- Krishnadevaraya's accession 1509Happened in it
- Krishnadevaraya takes Raichur 1520Happened in it
🔧 Technology 1
- The first printing press September 1556Made or discovered in this time
📄 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