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Bukka Raya II

Type Figure Region South India Time c. 1342–1406 Also known as Bukka Raya II、Bukka Raya、Bukka II

Bukka Raya II (unknown birth year–1406), Sangama dynasty ruler of Vijayanagara, co-ruling with Harihara II from 1377 and sole ruler from 1404 to 1406.

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  1. c. 1342–1376Vijayanagara · KarnatakaBukka Raya II was son of Bukka Raya I and brother of Harihara II. Before 1377 he took part in imperial military and civil affairs under his father and brother, building experience for the later co-rule.
  2. 1377–1380Vijayanagara · KarnatakaAfter Bukka Raya I died in 1377, Bukka Raya II jointly governed with his brother Harihara II. Between 1377 and 1380 the brothers divided internal affairs and frontier defense, maintaining stability in the southern Deccan and coping with pressure from the Muslim sultanate to the north.
  3. 1404–1406Vijayanagara · KarnatakaAfter Harihara II died in 1404, Bukka Raya II ruled alone briefly and died in 1406. His nephew Devaraya I succeeded, and the empire entered the next phase of the Sangama dynasty.

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