List of Vijayanagara emperors

Raya of Vijayanagara Empire
Raya of Vijayanagara Empire
Imperial
	Royal flag of Vijayanagara
	Last to reign; Sriranga III; 1642 CE – 1646 CE
Details
Style	His Imperial Majesty
First monarch	Harihara I
Last monarch	Sriranga III
Formation	1336 CE 687–688 years ago
Abolition	1646 377–378 years ago
Residence	Vijayanagara; (1336–1565 CE); Penukonda; (1565–1592 CE); Chandragiri; (1592–1604 CE); Vellore; (1604–1646 CE);
Appointer	Hereditary
Pretender(s)	Nayaka dynasties

The Vijayanagara Empire (1336–1646 CE) was the most prominent Medieval Indian Hindu empire of southern India established on the banks of Tungabhadra River in present-day Karnataka and consisted of the modern states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa and some parts of Telangana, Maharashtra and Sri Lanka. The Vijayanagara Empire was established in 1336 CE by the brothers Harihara I and Bukka Raya I of the Sangama dynasty.

Under rule of Krishnadevaraya the empire was on its peak, he was the greatest ruler of empire. The empire lasted until 1646, although its power greatly declined after a major military defeat in the Battle of Talikota in 1565 by the combined armies of the Deccan sultanates.

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