The Vijayanagara Empire under Deva Raya II (1430s)

Name: The Vijayanagara Empire under Deva Raya II (1430s)
Start: 1431
End: 1440

Type Event Region South Asia Time 1431–1440

In the 1430s, the Vijayanagara Empire under Deva Raya II (Proudha Devaraya) entered its golden age.

Timeline

1431–1436Raichur–Rajadur line · Deccan PlateauIn the 1430s, Deva Raya II repeatedly fought back and forth with the Bahmani Sultanate over strategic points such as Raichur, the two sides contesting control of the eastern Deccan frontier. The fighting was intermittent but of considerable scale.
1435–1440Vijayanagara capital · KarnatakaDuring the same period, Deva Raya II strengthened the administrative and tax systems in the capital and patronized Sanskrit and Telugu scholarship, making the court one of the intellectual centers of South India. The empire's prestige rose further in the later 1430s.