2. • THE VIJAYANAGARA EMPIRE STARTED TO DECLINE SHORTLY AFTER
THE DEATH OF EMPEROR KRISHANADEVARAYA WHO REIGNED
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• THE BATTLE OF TALIKOTA PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN THE FALL OF
VIJAYANAGARA KINGDOM
• THE HINDU KING OF THE VIJAYANAGARA EMPIRE AND THE 4 ALLIED
MUSLIM SULTANS OF BIDAR, BIJAPUR, AHMADNAGAR AND
GOLCONDA FOUGHT IN THE DECCAN AREA OF SOUTHERN INDIA IN
THE BATTLE OF TALIKOTA AGAINST RAMARAYA IN 1565.
• DURING THIS WAR RAMARAYA WAS DEFEATED.
• VIJAYANAGAR WAS PILLAGED AND RUINED .
• THIS WAS A SERIOUS ISSUE AND THEN VIJAYNAGAR KINGDOM FELL
DRASTICALLY
4. • THE MOST ANCIENT TEMPLE OF THE VIJAYANAGARA IS
VIRUPAKSHA TEMPLE
• VIRUPAKSHA TEMPLE IS THE 7TH CENTURY SHIVA TEMPLE IN
HAMPI.
• HAMPI IS A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE
• THE VIDYASHANKARA TEMPLE WAS BUILT IN THE YEAR 1338 A.D.
IN COMMEMORATION OF THE PONTIFF OF SRI VIDYASHANKARA, BY
SRI VIDYARANYA, PATRON-SAINT OF HARIHARA AND BUKKA, THE
BROTHERS WHO FOUNDED THE VIJAYANAGARA EMPIRE.
• THE VIDYASHANKARA TEMPLE IS LOCATED IN THE HOLY TOWN OF
SRINGERI, IN THE CHIKMAGALUR DISTRICT OF KARNATAKA.
• IT HAS TWELVE PILLARS SURROUNDING THE MANDAPA WITH
FIGURES OF THE TWELVE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC.
5. ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF VIJAYANAGARA
EMPIRE
• THE DASARA FESTIVAL WAS CELEBRATED ON THE MAHANAVAMI
DIBBA CONSTRUCTED BY KRISHNADEVARAYA
• KAMAL MAHAL, ELEPHANT STABLE, QUEEN’S BATH ARE
WONDERFUL EXAMPLES OF INDO-MUSLIM ARCHITECTURAL
STYLE
• THE FORT OF HAMPI DURING VIJAYANAGARA EMPIRE WAS VERY
STRONG WITH SEVEN CIRCULAR WALLS AROUND IT.
• THEY HAD INTRODUCED MANY COINS LIKE GOLD COINS,
GADYAANA, PAGODA , SILVER COINS AND COPPER COINS.
6. BAHAMANI KINGDOM
• IN THE YEAR 1347, ALAUDDIN HASAN GANGU BAHEMAN SHAH
ESTABLISHED HIS DYNASTY.
• THE BAHAMANI AND SHAHI DYNASTIES RULED FROM 1347 TO 1686.
• MOHAMMED SHAH, SON OF ALAUDDIN HASAN GANGU BAHEMAN,
CONSTRUCTED THE FAMOUS AND VAST JAMIA MASJID IN GULBARGA IN
1367.
• MOHAMMED GAWAN RULED FROM 1411 TO 1481.
• KALBURGI WAS THE CAPITAL OF BAHAMANI KINGDOM
• HE SERVED AS THE PRIME MINISTER DURING THE RULE OF BAHAMANI
KINGS – HUMAYUN, NIZAM SHAH AND MOHAMMED SHAH III.
• HE CONQUERED KONKAN, GOA AND BELAGAVI.
• LATER HE INVADED ORISSA AND KANCHI
8. QUIZ TIME
1. WHO WAS DEFEATED IN THE BATTLE OF TALIKOTA?
2. NAME TWO IMPORTANT TEMPLES OF VIJAYANAGARA
KINGDOM.
3. WHEN AND WHO ESTABLISHED BAHAMANI KINGDOM?
4. WHO CONSTRUCTED JAMIA MASJID AND WHERE?
5. MOHAMMED GAWAN WAS ALSO KNOWN AS?
6. WHO WAS THE FAMOUS KING OF VIJAYAPURA?
7. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE WORD VIJAYANAGARA?
9. CROSSWORD
A C K S E N I C E
R L A V E R W I G
G W L T U A R A A
V E B A J K T V N
K R U L U P A E N
H T R I T D L I H
I E G K O T D B A
C O I O Z L N I O
N N J T Y D A M N
L S C A X B U G M
1. IT IS THE NAME OF
A KING OF
BAHAMANI DYNASTY.
HIS NAME IS VERY
LONG. IT IS THE
FIRST WORD OF HIS
NAME.
2. MAIN REASON
FOR THE FALL OF
VIJAYANAGARA
KINGDOM.
3. CAPITAL OF
BAHAMANI KINGDOM
