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VIJAYANAGAR KING KRISHNADEVARAYA

The first-ever epigraphical reference (an inscription) to the date of death of Vijayanagar king Krishnadevaraya has been discovered at Honnenahalli in Tumakuru district, Karnataka.
Normally, the death of kings was not recorded in the inscriptions and this was one ofthose rare records.

Findings:

As per the inscription, Krishnadevaraya, one of the greatest emperors of India who ruled from the South, died on 17th October, 1529 (Sunday).
Incidentally, this day was marked by a lunar eclipse .
The inscription is engraved on a slab kept on the north side of the Gopalakrishna temple at Honnenahalli in Tumakuru district.
The inscription also registers the gift of village Honnenahalli in Tumakurufor conducting worship to the god VeeraprasannaHanumantha of Tumakuru.
The inscription is written in Kannada.

Krishnadevaraya:

He was the ruler of the Tuluva dynasty of Vijayanagarempire (1509-29 AD).
His rule was characterised by expansion and consolidation.
He is credited with building some fine temples and adding impressive gopurams to many important south Indian temples.
He also founded a suburban township near Vijayanagar called Nagalapuramafter his mother.
He composed a work on statecraft in Telugu known as the Amuktamalyada.

Vijayanagara Empire:

Vijayanagara or “city of victory” was the name of both a city and an empire.
The empire was founded in the fourteenth century (1336 AD) by Hariharaand Bukka of the Sangama dynasty.
They made Hampi the capital ci ty. In 1986, Hampi was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO.
It stretched from the river Krishna in the north to the extreme south of the peninsula.

Vijayanagar Empire was ruled by four important dynasties and they are:

SOURCE: THE HINDU