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Devaraya II
Devaraya II (c. 1406–1449), renowned ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire's Sangama dynasty, who took part in southern military affairs from the 1410s an…
Timeline
- 1406–1410Vijayanagara · VijayanagaraSon of Devaraya I, he received military and administrative training at the capital and took part in planning the empire's defenses along the Malabar Coast and the Deccan frontier.
- 1411–1420Vijayanagara · VijayanagaraIn the 1410s he supervised southern defenses on behalf of the court, consolidating control over Tamil and Malabar trade routes and building up the military and political prestige that later supported his independent rule.
- 1421–1449Vijayanagara · VijayanagaraAfter acceding, he campaigned north against the Bahmani Sultanate multiple times, controlling Raichur, Kochi, and parts of Ceylon. He valued the navy and foreign trade, and was praised by Persian envoys as one of the strongest rulers of South India.
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)