Sangama Dynasty
The
Sangama Dynasty was the first dynasty of the
Vijayanagara Empire. It was founded by
Harihara I and
Bukka, though the there are many debated theories of how the dynasty was truly founded. One theory is that Bukka and Hakka were born from the YADAVA
Kuruba clan and commanders of the King of Warangal's army, where after the King of
Warangal was defeated by Muhammad bin Tughlaq, he captured both Bukka and his brother as prisoners and send them to Delhi were both were forced to follow Islam. However, Bukka and Hakka eventually escaped and retained their Hindu traditions and founded the
Vijayanagara Empire under the influence of the Brahim sage
Vidyaranya. Another account says that the brothers were instead in connection with the Hoysalas and were born from
Karnataka near the
Hampi territory, and that they were the successors to the Hoysala sovereignty by natural process.
Harihara, the first emperor, would extend the
Vijayanagara lands from
Kaveri to
Krishna, though he would continually come in conflict with the
Bahamani sultans. Afterwards he would be succeeded by his brother
Bukka, who continually expanded the emperor throughout south
India. This included conquering
Madhura and extending his territory into the south all the way to
Rameswaram, defeating the
Shambuvaraya Kingdom of
Arcot and the
Reddis of
Kondavidu, conquering
Goa and the kingdom of
Orissa, as well as forcing
Ceylon and
Malabar to pay tributes to the empire.
Bukka's successor,
Harihara II, continued
Bukka's campaign through southern
India and managed to take control of coastal
Andhra between
Nellore and
Kalinga and conquer the
Addanki and
Srisailam areas as well as most of the territoy between the peninsula to the south of the river
Krishna.
Harihara II also managed to conquer many Indian ports such as that of
Goa,
Chaul, and
Dabhol.
After
Harihara II died the throne was in conflict between
Virupaksha Raya,
Bukka Raya II, and
Deva Raya of which
Deva Raya eventually would come out as victor. During
Deva Raya's reign,
Deva Raya managed to successfully control the vast amount of territory in the empire. Even so the kings after
Deva Raya on the other hand did not manage to do anything significant at all for the kingdom. This was until
Deva Raya II, who would bring about the golden age of the Sangama Dynasty. Under
Deva Raya II's rule, the empire would succeed in completely conquering southern
India such as conquering
Kondavidu, defeating the ruler of
Quilon as well as other chieftans, extending the empire from
Orissa to
Malbar and from
Ceylon to
Gulbara, and also taking over a lot of the major Indian ports. However after
Deva Raya II, his incompetent successors would eventually lead to the destruction of the dynasty with the
Bahamani Kingdoms continually taking over much of the Vijayanaga territory.
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Harihara I 1336-1343
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Bukka I 1343-1379
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Harihara II 1379-1399
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Bukka II 1399-1406
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Deva Raya I 1406-1412
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Vira Vijaya 1412-1419
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Deva Raya II 1419-1444
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Mallikarjuna 1452-1465
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Rajasekhara 1468-1469
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Virupaksha I 1470-1471
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Praudha Deva Raya 1476-?
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Rajasekhara 1479-1480
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Virupaksha II 1483-1484
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Rajasekhara 1486-1487
*http://www.aponline.gov.in/quick%20links/hist-cult/history_medieval.html
*http://www.ourkarnataka.com/states/history/historyofkarnataka40.htm
*http://prabhu.50g.com/vijayngr/vij_sangama.html
