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KrishnadevarayaAndhra Bhoja, Victor of Raichur

In May 1520 he routed Ismail Adil Shah of Bijapur at Raichur and took the fort that had been fought over for a century and a half.

reigned 1509–1529 CE

The full life
1He reigned from 1509 to 1529.Krishnadevaraya · The people
2He took Raichur from Bijapur in 1520.Krishnadevaraya · The Sultanate
3He wrote the Telugu poem Amuktamalyada.Krishnadevaraya
4Domingo Paes and Fernão Nunes left eyewitness accounts of his reign.Krishnadevaraya · The Portuguese
5His statue with his two queens stands at Tirumala.Krishnadevaraya · Chinna Devi and Tirumala Devi
6He built Nagalapura (Hosapete) and named it after his mother Nagala Devi.Krishnadevaraya · The people

Sources for these facts

  • Amuktamalyada of Krishnadevaraya
  • Chronicle of Domingo Paes (c. 1520)
  • Chronicle of Fernão Nunes (c. 1535)
  • Tirumala temple inscriptions

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