Sadasiva Raya (reigned 1542–1570) was the last
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 ...
from the
Tuluva dynasty, and reigned from 1542 until his death in 1570.
During most of his reign,
Rama Raya was the de facto ruler of the state and created strategic alliances with the
Deccan sultanates
The Deccan sultanates is a historiographical term referring to five late medieval to early modern Persianate Indian Muslim kingdoms on the Deccan Plateau between the Krishna River and the Vindhya Range. They were created from the disintegrati ...
, who later formed an alliance against Vijayanagara and decisively defeated Rama Raya at the
Battle of Talikota in 1565. After the defeat, the capital
Vijayanagara
Vijayanagara () is a city located in Vijayanagara district of Karnataka state in India.[Vijayanagara](_blank) was burned down and Sadasiva Raya retreated to
Penukonda, the new capital of the empire, where he died in 1570.
Reign
When the Vijayanagara Emperor
Achyuta Raya
Achyuta Deva Raya (r. 1529 - 1542 CE) was a emperor of Vijayanagara who succeeded his older brother, Krishnadevaraya, after the latter's death in 1529 CE.
During his reign, Fernao Nuniz, a Portuguese-Jewish traveller, chronicler and horse ...
died in 1542, his son,
Venkata I succeeded him. However, Venkata I was assassinated six months later. Sadasiva Raya, who was the nephew (sister-in-law's son) of Achyuta Raya, became the new Emperor in accordance with the Aliya succession laws prevalent among the
Tuluvas
The Tulu people or Tuluvas are an ethno-linguistic and ethno-cultural group from Southern India. They are native speakers of the Tulu language and the region they traditionally inhabit is known as Tulu Nadu. This region comprises the districts ...
. Sadasiva Raya, along with his Prime Minister
Rama Raya, restored the Vijayanagara empire's power, which had diminished after the reign of
Krishna Deva Raya. The strategy was to play the
Turko-Persian Sultanates in the Deccan against each other by first allying with one and then the other.
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Vijayanagara emperors
16th-century Indian monarchs
Tuluva dynasty
Indian Hindus
Hindu monarchs
1569 deaths
1542 in India
Year of birth missing
Veerashaiva kings