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Narasimha Raya II
Narasimha Raya II (1468–1505), also known as Narasimha II, Immadi Narasimha Raya and Dhamma Thimma Raya,Majumdar R.C. (2006). ''The Delhi Sultanate'', Mumbai: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, p. 305 was the third and last emperor from the Saluva dynasty, the second of the four dynasties to rule the Vijayanagara Empire. Background Narasimha's father, also named Narasimha, had begun life as an army general serving the Sangama dynasty, which was the dynasty that had founded the Empire in the 13th century. The Sangama dynasty had been gradually weakening over time for a variety of reasons, and in 1485, the senior Narasimha had usurped the throne after capturing the capital and driving out his former overlord, Sangama Praudha Raya. The actual military campaign for this purpose had been carried out by his loyal subordinate, Tuluva Narasa Nayaka. The senior Narasimha was crowned Emperor and became known as Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya. He died in 1491, only six years after usurping the throne ...
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Emperor
The word ''emperor'' (from , via ) can mean the male ruler of an empire. ''Empress'', the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife (empress consort), mother/grandmother (empress dowager/grand empress dowager), or a woman who rules in her own right and name (empress regnant or ''suo jure''). Emperors are generally recognized to be of the highest monarchic honour and royal and noble ranks, rank, surpassing king. In Europe, the title of Emperor has been used since the Middle Ages, considered in those times equal or almost equal in dignity to that of Pope due to the latter's position as visible head of the Church and spiritual leader of the Catholic part of Western Europe. The emperor of Japan is the only currently List of current sovereign monarchs, reigning monarch whose title is translated into English as "Emperor". Both emperors and kings are monarchs or sovereigns, both emperor and empress are considered monarchical titles. In as much as there is a strict definitio ...
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Tuluva Narasa Nayaka
Tuluva Narasa Nayaka was an Indian general and later an imperial regent who founded the Tuluva dynasty of the Vijayanagara Empire. He was the father of the emperors Viranarasimha Raya, Krishnadevaraya and Achyuta Deva Raya. Biography Tuluva Narasa Nayaka, like his father Tuluva Ishvara Nayaka, was a general of the Vijayanagara Empire. After the death of the Emperor Saluva Narasimha I in 1491 CE, the crown prince Thimma Bhupala was assassinated by an army commander. The faithful Narasa Nayaka then crowned the other prince, Narasimha Raya II, but retained all administrative powers in order to bring stability to the Empire. He was called the ''Rakshakarta'' () and ''Svami'' (). He held the offices of the ''Senadhipati'' (), ''Mahapradhana'' () and ''Karyakarta'' (). He successfully kept the Turco-Persian Bahamani Sultanate and the Gajapatis away from the Empire and quelled many rebellions by unfaithful chieftains trying to exert their independence. Capture of Narasim ...
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1505 Deaths
__NOTOC__ Year 1505 ( MDV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March * January 14 – Pope Julius II issues the papal bull ''Cum tam divino'', decreeing a reform in the Roman Catholic Church to prohibit simony, the buying and selling of church offices ranging from bishops to the pope himself. * January 23 – Lunkaran begins his reign as the Rao of the Indian kingdom of Bikaner in what is now the Rajasthan state of India. * January 24 – Under the terms of the Treaty of Tordesillas, Pope Julius II sets the line of demarcation in the New World between Spain's and Portugal's territory as a line of longitude 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands. The ambiguous definition of the measure of a league places the line between 42°30' W to 49°45' W. * February 7 – During a visit to Windsor Castle as guests of King Henry VII of England, Philip the Handsome, Duke of Burgundy, plays a game of tennis agains ...
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Hindu Monarchs
Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for people living in the Indian subcontinent. It is assumed that the term ''"Hindu"'' traces back to Avestan scripture Vendidad which refers to land of seven rivers as Hapta Hendu which itself is a cognate to Sanskrit term ''Sapta Sindhuḥ''. (The term ''Sapta Sindhuḥ'' is mentioned in Rig Veda and refers to a North western Indian region of seven rivers and to India as a whole.) The Greek cognates of the same terms are "''Indus''" (for the river) and "''India''" (for the land of the river). Likewise the Hebrew cognate ''hōd-dū'' refers to India mentioned in Hebrew BibleEsther 1:1. The term "''Hindu''" also implied a geographic, ethnic or cultural identifier for people ...
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Indian Hindus
Hinduism is the largest and most practised religion in India. About 80% of the demographics of India, country's population is Hindus, Hindu. India contains 94% of the global Hindu population. The vast majority of Indian Hindus belong to Vaishnavism, Vaishnavite, Shaivism, Shaivite, and Shaktism, Shakta Hindu denominations, denominations. India is one of the three countries in the world (Hinduism in Nepal, Nepal (81%) and Hinduism in Mauritius, Mauritius (48%) being the other two) where Hinduism is the dominant religion. History of Hinduism The Vedic period, Vedic culture developed in India in and . After this period, the Historical Vedic religion, Vedic religion merged with local traditions and the renouncer traditions, resulting in Hindu synthesis, the emergence of Hinduism, which has had a profound impact on India's History of India, history, Culture of India, culture and Indian philosophy, philosophy. The name ''India'' itself is derived from Sanskrit ''Sindhu'', the his ...
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Vijayanagara Emperors
Vijayanagara () is a city located in Vijayanagara district of Karnataka state in India.Vijayanagara
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Vijayanagara was the capital city of the historic . Located on the banks of the , it spread over a large area and included sites in the Vijayanagara district, the

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Vijayanagar Empire
The Vijayanagara Empire, also known as the Karnata Kingdom, was a late medieval Hindu empire that ruled much of southern India. It was established in 1336 by the brothers Harihara I and Bukka Raya I of the Sangama dynasty, belonging to the Yadava clan of Chandravamsa lineage. The empire rose to prominence as a culmination of attempts by the southern powers to ward off Muslim invasions by the end of the 13th century. At its peak in the early 16th century under Krishnadevaraya, it subjugated almost all of Southern India's ruling dynasties and pushed the Deccan sultanates beyond the Tungabhadra- Krishna River doab region, in addition to annexing the Gajapati Empire ( Odisha) up to the Krishna River, becoming one of the most prominent states in India. The empire's territory covered most of the lands of the modern-day Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa, and some parts of Telangana and Maharashtra. The empire lasted until 1646, althoug ...
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Vijayanagar
The Vijayanagara Empire, also known as the Karnata Kingdom, was a late medieval Hindu empire that ruled much of southern India. It was established in 1336 by the brothers Harihara I and Bukka Raya I of the Sangama dynasty, belonging to the Yadava clan of Chandravamsa lineage. The empire rose to prominence as a culmination of attempts by the southern powers to ward off Muslim invasions by the end of the 13th century. At its peak in the early 16th century under Krishnadevaraya, it subjugated almost all of Southern India's ruling dynasties and pushed the Deccan sultanates beyond the Tungabhadra-Krishna River doab region, in addition to annexing the Gajapati Empire (Odisha) up to the Krishna River, becoming one of the most prominent states in India. The empire's territory covered most of the lands of the modern-day Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa, and some parts of Telangana and Maharashtra. The empire lasted until 1646, although its power ...
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Dalavayi
A Dalavayi also spelled Dalwai, Dalavay and Dalvoy was a Commander-in-chief in Peninsular India. In the Vijayanagara Empire, Vira Narasimha Raya was appointed to the position before being crowned the Emperor of Vijayanagara. And in the Kingdom of Mysore, Commander Hyder Ali and his eldest son Tipu Sultan were appointed to this position. The word Dalavayi is a Prakrit or vernacular form of the Sanskrit word (which literally means: leader or chief of the team or a wing). In western India, especially in the modern states of Maharashtra and Goa, the descendants of Dalavayis still use the title ''Dalvi'' (Devanagari Devanagari ( ; in script: , , ) is an Indic script used in the Indian subcontinent. It is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental Writing systems#Segmental systems: alphabets, writing system), based on the ancient ''Brāhmī script, Brā ...: दळवी) as surname, which is modern form of the Prakrit word Dalavayi.{{cite book, last1=Bloch, first1=J., title ...
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Viranarasimha Raya
Vira Narasimha Raya, also known as Vira Narasimha or Vira Narasimha III, (reigned 1505–17 July 1509) became the Emperor of Vijayanagara after the death of his predecessor Narasimha Raya II. He was the older half-brother of Krishnadevaraya. The assassination of their capable father, the Imperial Regent Tuluva Narasa Nayaka resulted in feudatories rising in rebellion everywhere. In his writings, Fernão Nunes noted that the whole world had risen in rebellion. At first, Immadi Narasa Nayaka, the eldest son of Saluva Narasa Nayaka became the Emperor and lasted on the throne for two years before being assassinated. Vira Narasimha Raya succeeded him in 1505 CE and spent all his years fighting rebel warlords. The Turko-Persian Sultan Yusuf Adil Khan of Bijapur who assassinated the Regent Narasa Nayaka and 40 other imperial officers tried to extend his domains south of the Tungabhadra. The new Regent of Vijayanagara Empire was supported by Aliya Rama Raya of the Aravidu fam ...
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Regent
In a monarchy, a regent () is a person appointed to govern a state because the actual monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge their powers and duties, or the throne is vacant and a new monarch has not yet been determined. The rule of a regent or regents is called a regency. A regent or regency council may be formed ''ad hoc'' or in accordance with a constitutional rule. ''Regent'' is sometimes a formal title granted to a monarch's most trusted advisor or personal assistant. If the regent is holding the position due to their being in the line of succession, the compound term '' prince regent'' is often used; if the regent of a minor is their mother, and she is wife or widow of the king, she would be referred to as ''queen regent''. If the formally appointed regent is unavailable or cannot serve on a temporary basis, a may be appointed to fill the gap. In a monarchy, a regent usually governs due to one of these reasons, but may also be elected to ...
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