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Vijayanagara and the Telugu country

Era: Vijayanagara & the Qutb Shahis

Vijayanagara and the Telugu countryGodavariKrishnaKrishnadeva Raya's eastern campaign, 1513–16Hampi (Vijayanagara)Hampi (Vijayanagara)TalikotaTalikotaRaichurRaichurGootyGootyPenukondaPenukondaLepakshiLepakshiBukkarayasamudramBukkarayasamudramGandikotaGandikotaAhobilamAhobilamChandragiriChandragiriTirupatiTirupatiSrikalahastiSrikalahastiUdayagiri (Nellore)Udayagiri (Nellore)KondaviduKondaviduMangalagiriMangalagiriAmaravatiAmaravatiMayidavoluMayidavoluVijayawada (Bezwada)Vijayawada (Bezwada)KondapalliKondapalliRajahmundryRajahmundrySimhachalamSimhachalamPotnuruPotnuruBitragunta (grant of Sangama II, 1356)VinukondaBellamkondaTadpatriN0100 km
  • Unified Andhra Pradesh (pre-2014)
  • Present-day state borders, for orientation
  • Route

Places of the Vijayanagara empire in the Telugu country: the capital at Hampi; the forts of Gooty, Penukonda, Gandikota and Chandragiri; Bukkarayasamudram, the tank of 1364; the temples of Lepakshi, Tirumala, Srikalahasti, Ahobilam, Amaravati, Mangalagiri and Simhachalam with their records; Bitragunta, granted by Sangama II in 1356; Kondavidu and the eastern campaign of Krishnadeva Raya in 1513–16 from Udayagiri to Potnuru; and Talikota, after which the battle of 1565 is named.

Base map: Natural Earth (opens in a new tab) (public domain).

Sources

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