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A N MPERIAL C APITAL : VIJAYANAGARA 173 from trade in turn contributed significantly to the Source 2 prosperity of the state. Kings and traders 2.2 The apogee and decline of the empire Within the polity, claimants to power included Krishnadeva Raya (ruled 1509-29), members of the ruling lineage as well as military commanders. The first dynasty, known as the the most famous ruler of Sangama dynasty, exercised control till 1485. Vijayanagara, composed a work on statecraft in Telugu known They were supplanted by the Saluvas, military as theAmuktamalyada . About commanders, who remained in power till 1503 traders he wrote: when they were replaced by the Tuluvas. Krishnadeva Raya belonged to the Tuluva dynasty. A king should improve the Krishnadeva Raya’s rule was characterised by harbours of his country and so encourage its expansion and consolidation. This was the time commerce that horses, when the land between the Tungabhadra and elephants, precious gems, Krishna rivers (the Raichur doab) was acquired sandalwood, pearls and (1512), the rulers of Orissa were subdued (1514) and other articles are freely severe defeats were inflicted on the Sultan of Bijapur imported … He should (1520). Although the kingdom remained in a constant arrange that the foreign state of military preparedness, it flourished under sailors who land in conditions of unparalleled peace and prosperity. his country on account Krishnadeva Raya is credited with building some of storms, illness and exhaustion are looked after fine temples and adding impressive gopurams to in a suitable manner … many important south Indian temples. He also Make the merchants of founded a suburban township near Vijayanagara called Nagalapuram after his mother. Some of the distant foreign countries who import elephants and most detailed descriptions of Vijayanagara come from good horses be attached his time or just after. to yourself by providing Strain began to show within the imperial structure them with daily audience, following Krishnadeva Raya’s death in 1529. His presents and allowing successors were troubled by rebellious nayakas or decent profits. Then those articles will never go to military chiefs. By 1542 control at the centre had your enemies. shifted to another ruling lineage, that of the Aravidu, which remained in power till the end of the seventeenth century. During this period, as indeed ➲ Why do you think earlier, the military ambitions of the rulers the king was interested of Vijayanagara as well as those of the Deccan in encouraging trade? Sultanates resulted in shifting alignments. Which groups of people Eventually this led to an alliance of the Sultanates would have benefited against Vijayanagara. In 1565 Rama Raya, the chief from these minister of Vijayanagara, led the army into battle transactions? at Rakshasi-Tangadi (also known as Talikota), where his forces were routed by the combined armies of Bijapur, Ahmadnagar and Golconda. The victorious armies sacked the city of Vijayanagara. The city was totally abandoned within a few years. Now the focus of the empire shifted to the east where the Aravidu Reprint 2026-27