{"slug": "vijayanagara-empire", "label": "Vijayanagara Empire", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijayanagara_Empire", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167639", "qid": "Q167639", "description": "Hindu kingdom in Southern India (14th-17th century)", "entries": 12, "years": 11, "span": [1336, 1639], "span_label": ["1336 CE", "1639 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "india", "label": "India", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "karnataka", "label": "Karnataka", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "tamil-nadu", "label": "Tamil Nadu", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "east-india-company", "label": "East India Company", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "british-india", "label": "British India", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "andhra-pradesh", "label": 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"year_label": "1404 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 27", "text": "July 27 – In Southern India, Bukka Raya II becomes the new ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire in what are the modern-day Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361962096#July–September", "title": "1404", "revid": 1361962096, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1432, "year_label": "1432 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 13", "text": "February 13 – The 42 ft tall Statue of Gommateshwara is consecrated by King Veera Pandya in the Indian city of Karkala, capital of the Vijayanagara Empire and now part of the Karnataka state.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361998124#January–March", "title": "1432", "revid": 1361998124, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1496, "year_label": "1496 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 27", "text": "November 27 – Led by Prince Prataparudra Deva, son of the Emperor Purushottama Deva, the Gajapati Empire (now India's state of Odisha) invades the Vijayanagara Empire (now the Karnataka state) and its armies advance as far as the Penna River, where they are stopped by a force commanded by the Vijayanagara sultan Tuluva Narasa Nayaka, and are turned back.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371631969#October–December", "title": "1496", "revid": 1371631969, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1509, "year_label": "1509 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 26", "text": "July 26 – Krishnadevaraya ascends the throne of the Vijayanagara Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369335853#July–September", "title": "1509", "revid": 1369335853, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1553, "year_label": "1553 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 17", "text": "February 17 – In India, Timmaraja Wodeyar II becomes the sixth maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore (a vassal state of the Vijayanagara Empire), after the death of his father, the Maharaja Chamaraja Wodeyar III.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362480437#January–March", "title": "1553", "revid": 1362480437, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1565, "year_label": "1565 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 23", "text": "January 23 – Battle of Talikota: The Vijayanagara Empire, the last Hindu kingdom in South India, is greatly weakened by the Deccan sultanates.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323811827#January–March", "title": "1565", "revid": 1323811827, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1639, "year_label": "1639 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 22", "text": "August 22 – The British East India Company buys a strip of land from King Peda Venkata Raya of the Vijayanagara Empire for the construction of Fort St. George, the first settlement of British India, so founding modern-day Chennai, capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu (celebrated as Madras Day).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360051116#July–September", "title": "1639", "revid": 1360051116, "section": "Events › July–September"}}]}