Founding of the Vijayanagara Empire

Name: Founding of the Vijayanagara Empire
Start: 1336
End: 1356

Type Event Region South Asia Time 1336–1356

Around 1336, Harihara I and Bukka Raya I founded the Vijayanagara Empire in the southern Deccan to counter the expansion of Muslim sultanates such as…

Timeline

1336Banks of the Tungabhadra River · KarnatakaThe Sangama brothers Harihara and Bukka, formerly within the sphere of the Kakatiya and Hoysala powers, founded a new capital, Vijayanagara, on the banks of the Tungabhadra River at the urging of their spiritual preceptor Vidyaranya, proclaiming the restoration of dharma and resistance to Muslim expansion from the north.
1341–1350Southern Deccan · DeccanBetween 1341 and 1350, Harihara I gradually annexed neighboring small states, gained control of parts of Karnataka and Andhra, and formed a north–south standoff with the newly independent Bahmani Sultanate. The empire's administrative and military systems took initial shape.

Sources

Vijayanagara https://www.britannica.com/place/Vijayanagar
A History of South India: From Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar — K. A. Nilakanta Sastri (1955)