The Vijayanagar Empire Study Notes PDF

NCERT Shorts The Vijayanagar Empire HISTORY Location of the town of Vijayanagar  Located in the present day states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Period of the Vijayanagar empire  The time period of the Vijayanagar empire is from 1336 AD- 1565 AD....

NCERT Shorts The Vijayanagar Empire HISTORY Location of the town of Vijayanagar  Located in the present day states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Period of the Vijayanagar empire  The time period of the Vijayanagar empire is from 1336 AD- 1565 AD. Dynasties of Vijayanagar empire Dynasties Founders Sangama (1336-1485) Harihara and Bukka Saluva (1485-1505) Saluva Narasimha Tuluva (1505-1570) Vira Narasimha Discovery of Vijayanagara empire The ruins in Hampi were discovered by a british antiquarian known as Colin Mackenzie in 1800. The materials used primarily by accounts of foreign travellers like Domingo Paes, Nicolo Conti, Fernua Nunez and Duarte Barbosa who gave extensive and elaborate accounts of the Vijayanagar empire. Administration of the Vijayanagar empire  Governance measures: There was a system of council of ministers who assisted the king in carrying out administration. They were being nominated by the king from among the brahmin, kshatriya and Vaishya class.  Community of the King: Unlike the common practice of choosing the King from the Kshatriya community, the vijayanagara kings were from the Brahmin Community.  Dual Rule:At a single point of time two kings ruled over a single province. HISTORY | The Vijayanagar Empire Copyright © 2014-2021 Testbook Edu Solutions Pvt. Ltd.: All rights reserved  Provincial administration: The division of the empire into six provinces called Prant or Rajya. Each province of the Rajya was under a Nayak who was a member of the royal family. He looked after the civil, military and judicial functions. Thus provincial administration illustrates decentralised administration.  Nayakars: This system was analogous to the Mughal administration whereby a person renders services of rent collection and maintaining a large army. The king grants land to the Nayaks in return for the services. Krishnadevaraya (1509-1529)  Krishnadevaraya belonged to the Tuluva dynasty.  He was a contemporary of Mughal King Babur. His name finds a mention in Babur’s memoir Tuzuk i Babari.  He was a patron of literature. He wrote Amukta Malyada, a treatise on politics in Telugu and Jambavati Kalyanam , a sanskrit play on marriages.  His court consisted of Astadiggajas, a group of 8 persons who patronized various arts and literature like Tenali Rama, Alasani Pedanna.  He embraced the builders of temple architecture belonging to the dravidian tradition. The Lepakshi temple, Madurai Meenakshi Amman temple, Virupaksha temple were all splendours of the Vijayanagara empire. Downfall of the Vijayanagar empire 1) Constant wars with the Bahmani Kingdom: The struggle for the Raichur Doab with the neighbouring Bahmani Kingdom dented a huge blow on the Vijayanagar empire. 2) The decentralised administration soon led to corruption among the Nayaks. 3) Weak successors of Krishnadevaraya. 4) Opulence and wealth displayed by the Vijayanagar empire led to its downfall. 5) Expansionist policy adopted by regional kingdoms also proved to be its downfall. HISTORY | The Vijayanagar Empire Copyright © 2014-2021 Testbook Edu Solutions Pvt. Ltd.: All rights reserved  Probable Questions 1. Krishnadevaraya was not only an accomplished scholar himself but also a great patron of literature and learning. Elucidate. 2. The Vijayanagar empire was the last of the greatest empires in Indian history. Justify the statement. 3. The temple architecture in the Vijayanagar empire marked a culmination of the dravidian era of architecture. Elucidate the statement. HISTORY | The Vijayanagar Empire Copyright © 2014-2021 Testbook Edu Solutions Pvt. Ltd.: All rights reserved