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Landmarks of the Vijayanagara Empire
- Origins of the empire
- Sangama dynasty
- Saluva dynasty
- Tuluva dynasty
- Aravidu dynasty
Important events
- Kumara Kampana's victory over Madurai Sultanate
- Battle of Raichur (1520)
- Battle of Talikota
- Battle of Toppur
Architectural glory
- Vijaya Vitthala temple
- Virupaksha temple
- Krishna temple
- Hazara Rama temple
- Venkateshwara temple, Tirupati
- Lakshmi Narasimha monolith
- Mahanavami Dibba
Rayas
- Harihara Raya
- Bukka Raya I
- Deva Raya I
- Deva Raya II
- Krishnadevaraya
- Saluva Narasimha
- Aliya Rama Raya
- Achyuta Deva Raya
- Venkata II
Institutions and festivals
- Ashtadiggajalu
- Raja-guru
- Mahanavami festival
Commanders and chiefs
- Saluva Thimmarasu
- Kumara Kampana
Litterateurs and cultural figures in the Vijayanagara court
- Vyasatirtha
- Puramdara Dasa
- Tenali Ramakrishna
- Vidyaranya Swami
- Allasani Peddana
Foreign travellers and their accounts
- Domingo Paes
- Roberto Nobili
- Fernao Nuniz
- Abdur Razzak
- Duarte Barbosa
Readings:
Please note that this is not an exhaustive list of readings, and works of definitive nature must certainly be added. Some of these books can be accessed as open source material.
Please do contribute in expanding the range of readings to facilitate more fact-based and objective content for articles under this project.
- K.A Nilakanta Shastri, History of South India: From Ancient Times till Vijaynagara (Oxford University Publication, 1952)
- T.V Mahalingam, 'Administration and Social life Under Vijayanagar'
- Srinivas Reddy, 'Raya: Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara' (Juggernaut books, 2020)
- Robert Sewell, 'A Forgotten Empire' (also contains translations of accounts written by Domingo Paes and Fernao Nuniz)
- George Michell, John.M.Fritz, 'Hampi Vijayanagara' (Jaico Publishing House, 2014)
- Burton Stein, 'The New Cambridge History of India: Vijaynagara' (in two volumes)
