Praudha Raya (reigned 1485), also known as Praudha Deva Raya IV, was the last Sangama

Emperor of Vijayanagara The Vijayanagara Empire (1336–1646) was the most prominent medieval India, medieval List of Hindu empires and dynasties, Hindu empire of southern India. It was established on the banks of Tungabhadra River in present-day Karnataka and consist ...

. His reign was extremely short and he was overpowered by his general

Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya (1431–1491), also known as Saluva Narasimha and Saluva Narasimha I, was the founder of the Saluva dynasty of the Vijayanagara Empire, and ruled from 1485 until his death in 1491. A patron of the Madhwa saint Sripadar ...

in 1485, who took over the empire. He wrote ''Ratiratna Pradipika'', a book on eroticism.

References

* Dr. Suryanath U. Kamat, Concise History of Karnataka, 2001, MCC, Bangalore (Reprinted 2002) * Durga Prasad, History Andhras up to 1565 A. D., 1988, P.G. Publishers, Don Bosco School Press, Guntur

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