2. 1509, Aug 17: Krishna Deva Raya was coronated on the occasion of Krishna Janmashtami. He signalised it by building the Eastern Tower of Sri Virupaksha Temple.
At the time of coronation, Vijayanagara's political condition was not stable. Two aggressive Muslim Sultanates ...
3. ... had cropped up at the empire's northern frontier - Adilshahi (Bijapur) & Qutbshahi (Golconda). In addition, the Portuguese had landed in India ~11 yrs earlier in 1498.
1509: Mahmood Shah II, the Bahmani Sultan, had started a practice of 'annual j1had' in 1501.
4. In 1509 however, they were defeated in Battles of Diwani, and Kovilkonda. Yusuf Adilshah was k1lled at Kovilkonda.
This has been described poetically in Amuktamalyada, a work attributed to Krishna Deva Raya himself! 👇
5. 1510: After Adilshah lost Goa to Portuguese, Hindus of Belgaum revolted against Adilshah & called themselves subjects of Vijayanagar - the Hindu Empire (according to Ugargol inscription)
6. 1512: Adilshahi was going through a succession crisis/coup. Krishna Deva Raya marched for Bijapur (Vijayapura). Unable to fight the Raya, Adilshah surrendered Mudgal, Addanki, Adoni & Raichur forts to Vijayanagar 👇
7. In the same year, Qutbshah had committed excesses on Hindus of Rachakonda & Devarakonda.
The Raya invaded Qutbshah with *600k-strong-army*! The other Shahs buried mutual enmity & joined Qutbshah to fight the Hindu Emperor. At the banks of Krishna however, they were defeated.
8. 1514: The Raya invaded the unstable Adilshahi. In the Battle of Jamkhandi, Sadasiva Naika, the Vijayanagar general, defeated combined armies of Adil-,Nizam-, & Imadshahi. Gulbarga was taken & Bahmani Sultan Mahmood Shah II was reinstated by Raya.
*Yavana-Rajya-Sthapanacharya*
9. 1516: Vijayanagar attacked Qutbshah & conquered Telangana. Sadasiva Naika again defeated Bahmanis at Bidar in a hard-fought battle. While proceeding to Odisha from Bidar, another Muslim general, Shitab Khan was defeated.
After march till Cuttack, Gajapatis sued Raya for peace
10. According to the peace treaty, Vijayanagar returned the territory north of Krishna to Odisha, & daughter of Prataprudradeva was married to Krishnadevaraya.
1518: Vijayanagar general, Saluva Timmaiah, defeated Qutbshahi general Madar-ul-Mulk while en route to Kondavidu.
11. 1520: Sometime after 1512, Ismail Adilshah had conquered Raichur Fort.
The Raya sieged Raichur with *~750k* army total. Adilshah set out to relieve the siege of Raichur, but the Vijayanagar army was in the way, at the northern side of the Fort.
12. Battle of Raichur on 20 May 1520, in which Adilshah was *decisively defeated* due to superior cavalry tactics of Vijayanagar army. The Adilshah dreaded Vijayanagar for his whole life!
13. After this decisive victory, the Sultanates warned the Raya against harsh treaty, threatening to unitedly fight him.
To this, the haughty Raya replied that *no territory will be returned*, & if Sultanates desired a united war, he'd be happy to give them a fight! 🔥
14. In the next part of the series, we will look at the later part of the reign of Krishnadevaraya, his eulogies, as well as the *glory* Vijayanagara Empire attained due to his enlightened rule. #Hindutva#VijayanagaraEmpire#History
2. 1520: After the Battle of Raichur's victory, Raya demanded customary homage from Adilshah, after which Salabat Khan, the imprisoned Adilshahi general, would be released.
But the Adilshahi diplomat Asad Khan Lari got Salabat Khan killed treacherously!
3. 1521: On learning of the treachery, Krishnadevaraya marched into Adilshahi domains.
He delivered crushing defeats to Adilshah at Battles of Kembavi & Gobbur. He took Gulbarga too! The Raya wanted to march further into Adilshahi territory, but was advised against it.
2. Samudragupta was the son of Chandragupta I & Kumaradevi (Lichchavi Princess)
320 CE: Samudragupta is coronated after Chandragupta I nominated him as successor. The Allahabad inscription, which presents comprehensive details about reign of Samudragupta, describes it thus 👇
3. The Allahabad inscription describes first the complete subjugation of kings of the northern India, with his capital at Pataliputra.
In the first phase of Samudragupta's conquests, the territories of current UP, Bihar & some parts of West Bengal were annexed.
2. We now take a look at the decisive phase of the campaign:- *Capture of Vasai*
1737, Jun 9: An attempt was made to capture Vasai Fort in the initial phase. a company of 4000 Maratha soldiers attempted to scale Vasai Fort with ladders.
3. Unfortunately Portuguese soldiers got to know movement of Marathas, & they opened fire on them.
Marathas persisted in their efforts to scale the fort but the heavy Portuguese gun fire made impossible for the Marathas to scale the fort.
2. 1737, Mar: According to the Maratha records, preparation of the Maratha offensive on Portuguese started in the second half of March 1737. Chimaji Appa sent a team of commanders - Chimnaji Bhivrao, Ramchandra Hari Patwardhan - to Sashti Island
3. Two separate teams were made to launch offensive attacks on Sashti island & Vasai. First team was commanded by Shankaraji Keshav Phadke & the other by Khandoji Mankar.
Under the command headed by Chimaji Appa, a team headed by Khandoji Mankar w/ Honaji Balkawade entered Thane
1. #Thread on the Maratha campaigns against the Portuguese, which culminated in the Maratha Victory 282 years ago, on 16 May, 1739.
This thread will explore the reasons & background for the campaigns. (Chimaji Appa, prime mover of the campaigns 👇)
2. Marathas have lived the Shlok 2.37 of Bhagvad Geeta throughout the 2-year-long Campaign.
"O son of Kuntī, either you will be killed on the battlefield & attain the heavenly planets,or you will conquer & enjoy the earthly kingdom. Therefore, get up with determination & fight."
3. Religious atrocities of Portuguese:-
Religious persecution of Hindus in the western coast was one of the main reasons for the Vasai Campaign. Fanatical zeal of Portuguese rulers is well known.