Rama Raya

Rama Raya
Raja
Aliya[1]
Regent of Vijayanagara
Regent1542 – 23 January 1565
SuccessorTirumala Deva Raya
BornRama Raya
1484[2]
Died23 January 1565(1565-01-23) (aged 80–81)
Talikota
SpouseTirumalamba
HouseAravidu Dynasty
ReligionHinduism
OccupationGeneral, regent, statesman

Rama Raya (1484 – 23 January 1565) was a statesman of the Vijayanagara Empire, the son-in-law of Emperor Krishna Deva Raya and the progenitor of the Aravidu dynasty of Vijayanagara Empire, the fourth and last dynasty of the empire. As a regent, he was the de facto ruler of the empire from 1542 to 1565, although legally the emperor during this period was Sadasiva Raya, who was merely a puppet ruler.[3] Rama Raya was killed at the Battle of Talikota, after which the Vijayanagara Empire fragmented into several semi-independent principalities paying only nominal allegiance to the empire.

  1. ^ Heras 1927, p. 21.
  2. ^ "Rama Raya (1484–1565): élite mobility in a Persianized world". A Social History of the Deccan, 1300–1761. 2005. pp. 78–104. doi:10.1017/CHOL9780521254847.006. ISBN 9780521254847.
  3. ^ Eaton 2005, p. 92.

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