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In 1520, the Vijayanagara ruler Krishnadeva Raya defeated the Sultan of Bijapur in the Battle of:
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Answer: Option D — Raichur
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In 1520, Krishnadeva Raya, the greatest ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire (ruled 1509-1529), won a decisive victory over Ismail Adil Shah, the Sultan of Bijapur, at the Battle of Raichur. He captured the fort of Raichur, in the Raichur Doab, the fertile region between the Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers that had long been disputed between Vijayanagara and the Bahmani and later Bijapur rulers. Portuguese soldiers and their firearms are said to have helped Krishnadeva Raya in this battle.
Krishnadeva Raya belonged to the Tuluva dynasty. His other military achievements include:
- Defeating the Gajapati ruler Prataparudra of Odisha and capturing Udayagiri and Kondavidu; Prataparudra later gave his daughter in marriage to him.
- Suppressing local chieftains and defeating the Sultans of the Deccan.
- Maintaining friendly relations with the Portuguese, who supplied horses through Goa.
He was also a great patron of literature and the arts:
He was himself a scholar and wrote "Amuktamalyada", a Telugu poem on the life of the Tamil saint-poetess Andal, and "Jambavati Kalyanam", a Sanskrit drama.
His court had eight great Telugu poets called the "Ashtadiggajas", including Allasani Peddana, who is called the "Andhra Kavita Pitamaha" (Grandfather of Telugu Poetry), and the witty Tenali Ramakrishna (Tenali Raman). Krishnadeva Raya was called "Andhra Bhoja".
He built and expanded temples, such as the Vitthala and Hazara Rama temples at Hampi, and the gopurams of many South Indian temples ("Raya gopurams"). He built a new town called Nagalapura near the capital.
The Portuguese traveller Domingo Paes visited Vijayanagara during his reign (around 1520-22) and described the capital as "as large as Rome" and well supplied with everything.
After his death in 1529, the empire declined. In 1565, the combined armies of the Deccan Sultanates (Bijapur, Golconda, Ahmadnagar and Bidar) defeated Vijayanagara at the Battle of Talikota under Aliya Rama Raya, and the capital was sacked.
Why not the other options?
- ✗Talikota (1565) was the defeat of Vijayanagara.
- ✗Panipat (1526) was Babur's victory over Ibrahim Lodi.
- ✗Khanwa (1527) was Babur's victory over Rana Sanga.
Quick tip
Remember: Krishnadeva Raya = Battle of Raichur (1520, defeated Bijapur), "Amuktamalyada", Ashtadiggajas (Allasani Peddana, Tenali Rama), visited by Domingo Paes; Talikota = 1565.
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This question tests your understanding of Vijayanagara & Bahmani Kingdoms, a key topic in the General Knowledge section. The detailed solution above uses a step-by-step approach to show the reasoning, and where available, a shortcut that helps you solve similar questions in under 90 seconds during the actual exam.
This topic covers the Vijayanagara Empire, founded by Harihara and Bukka in 1336, and the Bahmani Sultanate, founded by Alauddin Hasan Bahman Shah in 1347, along with the Deccan sultanates that followed. It includes their rulers, administration, architecture and the accounts of foreign travellers. The most tested ruler is Krishnadevaraya of the Tuluva dynasty, a patron of Telugu literature and author of Amuktamalyada. Other common questions cover the Battle of Talikota (1565), the Vijayanagara capital Hampi, and the foreign travellers who visited, such as Nicolo Conti, Abdur Razzaq and Domingo Paes. Practise the Vijayanagara and Bahmani kingdoms questions below, written in the style of the general awareness sections of exams such as SSC, banking, railways, CUET GAT, MAH CET and CLAT. Each question comes with a detailed explanation that adds related facts, so every question helps you revise more than one point.