Polity · 1336 CE – 1586 CE
Vijayanagara Empire
ವಿಜಯನಗರ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯ
- Peak recorded area
- 567,573 km²
- 1450 CE
- Rulers on record
- 24
- from 1336 CE
- Data series
- 18
- 1337 CE–1573 CE
Overview
The Vijayanagara Empire, also known as the Karnata Kingdom, was a late medieval Hindu empire that ruled much of southern India. It was established in 1336 by the brothers Harihara I and Bukka Raya I of the Sangama dynasty, belonging to the Yadava clan of Chandravamsa lineage.
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Territory
18 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 1586 CE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Largest Settlement Pop2 obs · 1418 CE–1573 CE | 200Kpersons1573 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Polity Population2 obs · 1400 CE–1500 CE | 7.4score1500 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Population | 25Mpersons1337 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Economy
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Agricultural Sophistication2 obs · 1400 CE–1500 CE | 0.7617score1500 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Monetary Complexity2 obs · 1400 CE–1500 CE | 0.8333score1500 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Military
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Military Sophistication2 obs · 1400 CE–1500 CE | 1score1500 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Military Levels | 5.5levels1337 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Territory & resources
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Polity Territory2 obs · 1400 CE–1500 CE | 5.56score1500 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Territory km² | 360Ksq km1337 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Governance
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Admin Levels | 4.5levels1337 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Religious Hierarchy | 1levels1337 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Development
6 of 7 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Government Complexity2 obs · 1400 CE–1500 CE | 0.8091score1500 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Hierarchy Levels2 obs · 1400 CE–1500 CE | 4.5score1500 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Information Complexity2 obs · 1400 CE–1500 CE | 0.5385score1500 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Infrastructure2 obs · 1400 CE–1500 CE | 0.9875score1500 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Largest Settlement Pop2 obs · 1400 CE–1500 CE | 5.3score1500 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Religious Levels2 obs · 1400 CE–1500 CE | 1score1500 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Rulers
24 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Harihara IVijayanagara monarch1336 CE – 1356 CE
- BukkaVijayanagara monarch1356 CE – 1377 CE
- Harihara IIVijayanagara monarch1377 CE – 1404 CE
- Virupaksha RayaVijayanagara monarch1404 CE – 1405 CE
- Bukka Raya IIVijayanagara monarch1405 CE – 1406 CE
- Deva RayaVijayanagara monarch1406 CE – 1422 CE
- Ramachandra RayaVijayanagara monarch1422 CE
- Veera Vijaya Bukka RayaVijayanagara monarch1422 CE – 1424 CE
- Deva Raya IIVijayanagara monarch1424 CE – 1446 CE
- Mallikarjuna RayaVijayanagara monarch1446 CE – 1465 CE
- Virupaksha Raya IIVijayanagara monarch1465 CE – 1485 CE
- Praudha RayaVijayanagara monarch1485 CE
- Saluva Narasimha Deva RayaVijayanagara monarch1485 CE – 1491 CE
- Narasimha Raya IIVijayanagara monarch1491 CE – 1505 CE
- Thimma BhupalaVijayanagara monarch1491 CE
- Tuluva Narasa NayakaVijayanagara monarch1491 CE – 1503 CE
- Viranarasimha RayaVijayanagara monarch1503 CE – 1509 CE
- KrishnadevarayaVijayanagara monarch1509 CE – 1529 CE
- Achyuta Deva RayaVijayanagara monarch1529 CE – 1542 CE
- Aliya Rama RayaVijayanagara monarch1542 CE – 1565 CE
- Sadasiva RayaVijayanagara monarch1542 CE – 1570 CE
- Venkata IVijayanagara monarch1542 CE
- Tirumala Deva RayaVijayanagara monarch1565 CE – 1572 CE
- Sriranga IIVijayanagara monarch1572 CE – 1586 CE
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Kannada
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Seshat Equinox 2020Equinox 2020
Turchin, P. et al. Seshat Global History Databank, Equinox 2020 release.
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Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Vijayanagara Empire is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.