Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 1336 – 1646

Vijayanagara Empire

A state of 1336 – 1646 — 310 years in South Asia. It replaced Pandya dynasty, Hoysala Kingdom and Kakatiya dynasty and 5 more. It was replaced by Kingdom of Mysore, Sultanate of Bijapur and Madurai Nayak dynasty and 5 more. The atlas records 4 things within it — wars and battles 2 · people 2. Its line of rulers holds 13 people, 12 with dated terms.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
310 years
1336 – 1646
Rulers
13
the head of state
Most ground
569,700 km²
in 1450
Within it
4
recorded rows
Symbol
1
on record, with years
Map: Vijayanagara Empire in 1450, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Vijayanagara Empire in 1450, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 569,700 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.
Vijayanagara Empire in 1344, first mapped

1344 · first mapped · 219,500 km²

Vijayanagara Empire in 1450, at its largest

1450 · at its largest · 569,700 km²

Vijayanagara Empire in 1547, last mapped

1547 · last mapped · 339,600 km²

The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Kampili kingdom: 1294 – 1328Kakatiya dynasty: 1163 – 1323Hoysala Kingdom: 1026 – 1343Nayakas of Keladi: 1499 – 1763Thanjavur Nayak kingdom: 1532 – 1673Madurai Nayak dynasty: 1529 – 1737Vijayanagara Empire: 1336 – 1646

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

After it

Rulers

The line of head of state.

Harihara I · 1336 – 1336 · no death date to read the end againstBukka · 1356 – 1356 · no death date to read the end againstDeva Raya II · 1423 – 1423 · no death date to read the end againstSaluva Narasimha Deva Raya · 1485 – 1485 · no death date to read the end againstPraudha Raya · 1485 – 1485 · no death date to read the end againstThimma Bhupala · 1491 – 1491 · no death date to read the end againstNarasimha Raya II · 1491 – 1505 · killed, the article saysRama Raya · 1542 – 1542 · killed, the article saysSadasiva Raya · 1570 – 1570 · no death date to read the end againstTirumala Deva Raya · 1570 – 1570 · no death date to read the end againstSriranga Deva Raya · 1572 – 1586 · no death date to read the end againstSriranga III · 1642 – 1642 · no death date to read the end against140015001600
killed, executed or dead in battleending not on record
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Harihara I1336 – 1336under a yearending not on record
Bukka1356 – 1356under a yearending not on recordsibling
Deva Raya II1423 – 1423under a yearending not on record
Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya1485 – 1485under a yearending not on record
Praudha Raya1485 – 1485under a yearending not on record
Thimma Bhupala1491 – 1491under a yearending not on record
Narasimha Raya II1491 – 150514 yearskilled, the article saysread from the ruler's own articlesibling
Rama Raya1542 – 1542under a yearkilled, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
Sadasiva Raya1570 – 1570under a yearending not on record
Tirumala Deva Raya1570 – 1570under a yearending not on record
Sriranga Deva Raya1572 – 158614 yearsending not on recordchild
Sriranga III1642 – 1642under a yearending not on record

13 rulers, 12 with terms dated as terms, covering 1336 – 1642. Median reign 0 years. 2 of 11 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

1400145015001550

366,000 km² in 1361, 339,600 km² in 1561; at its largest 569,700 km² in 1461. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flag or arms

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

  • Vijayanagar crest
    coat of arms, undatedVijayanagar crest · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Balajijagadesh

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

1300 – 1399: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other13001400 – 1499: 2 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other14001500 – 1599: 2 recorded — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other15001600 – 1699: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1600

1400 – 14992 rows

1500 – 15992 rows · 2 wars and battles

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood310 years

    stood longer than 74% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held569,700 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 76% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.

  • Wars recorded per centurynone

    had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median0 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 1% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record13

    has more rulers on record than 85% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 9 causes the record names and 7 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

Kakatiya dynasty · Linked · 1163 – 1323 · “Before the early 14th-century rise of the Vijayanagara Empire, the Hindu states of the Deccan – the Yadava Empire of Devagiri, the Kakatiya dynasty of Waranga…”Kakatiya dynastyKampili kingdom · Linked · 1294 – 1328Kampili kingdomPandya dynasty · Linked · 300 BCE – 1650Pandya dynastySambuvaraya · Linked · 12 – 1375SambuvarayaHoysala Kingdom · Linked · 1026 – 1343Hoysala KingdomReddi Kingdom · Linked · 1325 – 1448Reddi KingdomVijayanagara Empire · 1336 – 1646Vijayanagara EmpireThanjavur Nayak kingdom · Linked · 1532 – 1673Thanjavur Nayak kingdomMadurai Nayak dynasty · Linked · 1529 – 1737Madurai Nayak dynastyQutb Shahi dynasty · Linked · 1518 – 1687Qutb Shahi dynastyNayaks of Gingee · Linked · 1509 – 1649Nayaks of GingeeNayakas of Keladi · Linked · 1499 – 1763Nayakas of KeladiSultanate of Bijapur · Linked · 1490 – 1686Sultanate of Bijapur150010001500
linked

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q167639 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.