Back Deva Raya I Spanish देव राय १ HI Deva Raya I Italian デーヴァ・ラーヤ1世 Japanese ਦੇਵ ਰਾਏ ੧ PA Dewaraja I Polish முதலாம் தேவ ராயன் Tamil మొదటి దేవరాయలు Tegulu I. Deva Raya Turkish Деварая I Ukrainian
| Deva Raya I | |
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 Gold Pagoda of Deva Raya I | |
| Vijayanagara Emperor | |
| Reign | 5 November 1406[1][2] – 25 February 1423 |
| Predecessor | Bukka Raya II |
| Successor | Ramachandra Raya |
| Born | c. 1370 Vijayanagara, Vijayanagara Empire (modern day Hampi, Karnataka, India) |
| Died | 25 February 1423 Vijayanagara, Vijayanagara Empire (modern day Hampi, Karnataka, India) |
| Issue | Ramachandra Raya Bukka Raya III |
| House | Sangama |
| Dynasty | Vijayanagara |
| Father | Harihara II |
| Mother | Bhima Devi |
| Religion | Hinduism |
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Deva Raya I (reigned 5 November 1406 – 25 February 1423) was an Emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire (of the Sangama Dynasty).[3] After Harihara II died, there was a dispute among his sons over succession, in which Deva Raya I eventually emerged victor. He was a very capable ruler noted for his military exploits and his support to irrigation works in his Empire.[4] He modernized the Vijayanagara army by improving the cavalry, employed skilled archers of the Turkic clans and raised the fighting capacity of his bowmen and imported horses from Arabia and Persia.[5]
The Italian traveler Niccolo Conti, who visited Vijayanagara c. 1420, described Deva Raya I thus: "In this city, there are 90,000 men fit to bear arms... their king is more powerful than all the kings of India".[5][6] Conti also noted that the royal city had grown to a circumference of 60 mi.[7]
Deva Raya I was a patron of Kannada literature and architecture. Madhura, a noted Jain poet was in his court and wrote in Kannada the Dharmanathapurana on the life of the fifteenth Jain Tirthankara (Dharmanatha), and a poem in eulogy of Gommateshvara of Shravanabelagola.[8] The noted Hazara Rama temple, an excellent example of Deccan architecture was constructed during his rule.[9]
- ^ Lakshmi, Kumari Jhansi (1958). THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE SANGAMA DYNASTY.
- ^ "From Prehistoric Times To The Fall Of Vijayanagar : K. A. Nilakanta Sastri : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive". Internet Archive. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. pp. 103–108. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.
- ^ Kulakarṇī, Nayeem, De Souza (1996), p.106
- ^ a b Bowman,(2013) p.271
- ^ Chopra, Ravindran and Subrahmanian (2003), p.31
- ^ Kamath (1980), p.163
- ^ Sastri (1955), p.360
- ^ Fritz & Michell (2001), p.9