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The Deccan, 1336–1570

Era: Nayakas, Reddis & Bahmanis, Vijayanagara & the Qutb Shahis

The Deccan, 1336–1570GodavariKrishnaVijayanagara (to Cape Comorin)GolcondaBidarBijapurAhmadnagarBerarOrissa (Gajapatis)Krishna–Godavari coast (changed hands)GolcondaGolcondaVijayanagara (Hampi)Gulbarga, first Bahmani capitalN0100 km
  • Unified Andhra Pradesh (pre-2014)
  • Present-day state borders, for orientation
  • Approximate extent

Vijayanagara and the Muslim kingdoms of the Deccan, after Robert Sewell's 1900 map of the "general political position" from 1336 to 1570. Every area is approximate, and the map folds two centuries into one picture: the Bahmani kingdom, founded in 1347, broke up into the five sultanates of Bijapur, Bidar, Berar, Ahmadnagar and Golconda only from 1489 on, and the Krishna–Godavari coast passed between Orissa, Vijayanagara and Golconda.

Historical boundaries are approximate. Base map: Natural Earth (opens in a new tab) (public domain). Redrawn from: S. India, General Political Position, Period A.D. 1336–1570 (opens in a new tab), Robert Sewell, 1900 (Public domain). Attributions

Sources

  1. Robert Sewell, A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India (opens in a new tab), Swan Sonnenschein & Co., London, 1900, map to face p. 1; chs. 3, 8, 10. Bahmani kingdom 1347 (ch. 3); the five kingdoms, Bijapur independent 1489 (ch. 8); the east-coast wars and the Godavari treaty (ch. 10). [Public domain]
  2. Muhammad Qasim Ferishta (tr. John Briggs), History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India till the Year A.D. 1612, Vol. III (opens in a new tab), Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, London, 1829, pp. 352–353, 360. [Public domain]