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Succession

India · House / Vijayanagara Empire. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

6Records
1356–1529Date range
6Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1356

Bukka I1356

Vijayanagara · House / Vijayanagara Empire

Bukka I succeeds Harihara I and continues consolidating the expanding Vijayanagara state from its Tungabhadra capital.

1377

Harihara II1377

Vijayanagara · House / Vijayanagara Empire

Harihara II succeeds Bukka I and presides over further expansion of Vijayanagara influence across southern India.

1406

Deva Raya I1406

Vijayanagara · House / Vijayanagara Empire

Deva Raya I takes the Vijayanagara throne after a contested transition within the Sangama royal family.

1424

Deva Raya II1424

Vijayanagara · House / Vijayanagara Empire

Deva Raya II succeeds to the throne and later becomes one of the strongest rulers of the Sangama dynasty.

1509

Krishnadevaraya1509

Vijayanagara · House / Vijayanagara Empire

Krishnadevaraya succeeds Vira Narasimha and begins the reign widely associated with Vijayanagara's political and cultural high point.

1529

Achyuta Deva Raya1529

Vijayanagara · House / Vijayanagara Empire

Achyuta Deva Raya succeeds Krishnadevaraya and maintains the empire through a period of increasing court factionalism.

Names involved

Achyuta Deva RayaBukka IDeva Raya IDeva Raya IIHarihara IIKrishnadevaraya

Provenance

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