List of Vijayanagara emperors

Vijayanagara Empire (1336–1646) was the most prominent medieval Indian Hindu empire of southern India established on the banks of Tungabhadra River in present-day Karnataka and consisted of the modern states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa and some parts of Telangana and Maharashtra. The Vijayanagara Empire was established in 1336 by the brothers Harihara I and Bukka Raya I of the Sangama dynasty.^[1]

Family trees

Sangama dynasty

Bhavana
Sangama

Harihara I
⁽¹⁾
r. 1336–1356

Bukka
Raya I
⁽²⁾
r. 1356–1377

Harihara II
⁽³⁾
r. 1377–1404

Virupaksha
Raya I
⁽⁴⁾
r. 1404–1405

Bukka
Raya II
⁽⁵⁾
r. 1405–1406

Deva
Raya I
⁽⁶⁾
r. 1406–1422

Ramachandra
Raya
⁽⁷⁾
r. 1422

Bukka
Raya III
⁽⁸⁾
r. 1422–1424

Deva
Raya II
⁽⁹⁾
r. 1424–1446

Deva
Raya III
⁽¹⁰⁾
r. 1446–1465

Son of
Deva Raya

Virupaksha
Raya II
⁽¹¹⁾
r. 1465–1485

Praudha
Deva Raya
IV
⁽¹²⁾
r. 1485

Saluva dynasty

Saluva
Narasimha
Raya I
⁽¹³⁾
r. 1485–1491

Thimma
Bhupala
⁽¹⁴⁾
r. 1491

Narasimha
Raya II
⁽¹⁵⁾
r. 1491–1505

Tuluva dynasty

Tuluva
Narasa
Nayaka
⁽¹⁶⁾
r. 1491–1503

Narasimha
Raya III
⁽¹⁷⁾
r. 1503–1509

Krishna
Deva Raya
⁽¹⁸⁾
r. 1509–1529

Achyuta
Deva Raya
⁽¹⁹⁾
r. 1529–1542

Son of
Tuluva
Narasa
Nayaka

Venkata
Raya I
⁽²⁰⁾
r. 1542

Sadasiva
Raya
⁽²¹⁾
r. 1542–1569

Aravidu dynasty

Rama Raya
⁽²²⁾
r. 1542–1565

Tirumala
Deva Raya
⁽²³⁾
r. 1565–1572

Son of
Rama Raya

Sriranga
Deva Raya I
⁽²⁴⁾
r. 1572–1586

Rama Deva

Venkata
Raya II
⁽²⁵⁾
r. 1586–1614

Venkata
Raya III
⁽²⁸⁾
r. 1632–1642

Grandson of
Rama Raya

Sriranga
Chika Raya II
⁽²⁶⁾
r. 1614–1617

Sriranga III
⁽²⁹⁾
r. 1642–1652

Rama Deva
Raya
⁽²⁷⁾
r. 1617–1632

List of Emperors

Vijayanagara Empire (1336–1646 CE) was ruled by four different dynasties for about 310 years on entire South India.^[2]

Sangama dynasty (1336–1485 CE)

Serial no.	Regnal names	Reign (CE)
1	Harihara I	1336–1356
2	Bukka Raya I	1356–1377
3	Harihara II	1377–1404
4	Virupaksha Raya	1404–1405
5	Bukka Raya II	1405–1406
6	Deva Raya	1406–1422
7	Ramachandra Raya	1422
8	Vira Vijaya Bukka Raya	1422–1424
9	Deva Raya II	1424–1446
10	Mallikarjuna Raya	1446–1465
11	Virupaksha Raya II	1465–1485
12	Praudha Raya	1485

Saluva dynasty (1485–1505 CE)

Serial no.	Regnal names	Reign (CE)
13	Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya	1485–1491
14	Thimma Bhupala	1491
15	Narasimha Raya II	1491–1505

Tuluva dynasty (1491–1570 CE)

Serial no.	Regnal names	Reign (CE)
16	Tuluva Narasa Nayaka	1491–1503
17	Viranarasimha Raya	1503–1509
18	Krishnadevaraya	1509–1529
19	Achyuta Deva Raya	1529–1542
20	Sadasiva Raya	1542–1570

Aravidu dynasty (1542–1646 CE)

Serial no.	Regnal names	Reign (CE)
21	Aliya Rama Raya	1542–1565
22	Tirumala Deva Raya	1565–1572
23	Sriranga Deva Raya	1572–1586
24	Venkatapati Deva Raya	1586–1614
25	Sriranga II	1614–1617
26	Rama Deva Raya	1617–1632
27	Peda Venkata Raya	1632–1642
28	Sriranga III	1642–1646/1652

References

^ Cynthia Talbot (2001). Precolonial India in Practice: Society, Region, and Identity in Medieval Andhra. Oxford University Press. pp. 281–282. ISBN 978-0-19-803123-9.
^ Dhere, Ramchandra (2011). Rise of a Folk God: Vitthal of Pandharpur South Asia Research. Oxford University Press, 2011. p. 243. ISBN 9780199777648.

[talbot281-1] Cynthia Talbot (2001). Precolonial India in Practice: Society, Region, and Identity in Medieval Andhra. Oxford University Press. pp. 281–282. ISBN 978-0-19-803123-9.

[2] Dhere, Ramchandra (2011). Rise of a Folk God: Vitthal of Pandharpur South Asia Research. Oxford University Press, 2011. p. 243. ISBN 9780199777648.

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