A history of the Deccan . e to them was one for very existence. Rama Rajahsarrogance in his later years shows to what an extent he hadasserted his supremacy over the Mahomedan Kings, and hisfinal disaster seems to have been ])artly due to the contempt THE FALL OF VIJAY AN AG All. 197 ill wliicli he lield tlieni. It is clear tli;it lie must have beena man of extraordinary energy and bodily power to havetaken a leading part in the battle, at so advanced an already stated, a descendant of the last Vijayanagar dynastystill lives at Anagoondy, close by the ruins of the old city. UENEAlAXiV O


A history of the Deccan . e to them was one for very existence. Rama Rajahsarrogance in his later years shows to what an extent he hadasserted his supremacy over the Mahomedan Kings, and hisfinal disaster seems to have been ])artly due to the contempt THE FALL OF VIJAY AN AG All. 197 ill wliicli he lield tlieni. It is clear tli;it lie must have beena man of extraordinary energy and bodily power to havetaken a leading part in the battle, at so advanced an already stated, a descendant of the last Vijayanagar dynastystill lives at Anagoondy, close by the ruins of the old city. UENEAlAXiV OK TllK VI.) A KINGS. Iir>it ihiiKd^fji 15n<KASangamma ]. ILVIUIIARA I A-D. 1336—50 2. BUKKA 1350—70 3. Hakihaba il 1379—1401 ! 4. Deva Kajau I 1401 — 1412 5. VijAYA Bhupati 1418 6. Deva Rajah II —1447 7. ViRUPAKSHA Second Narasimha1487(?)—1509 Krishna deva Rajah1509—1530 daughter Tiruma lamba = {Taken from SewelVs tables). Third dynasty Rama Rajah 1530—1564 Killed at I Tellikotta. CHAPTER XVIII. AHMEDNAGAK AND BIJAPUR FROM THE FALL OF VIJAYANAGARTILL THE DEATH OF ALI ADIL SHAH (1580). It was not long after the fall of Vijayaiiagar that dissensionsagain broke out between the Malioiiiedan Kings of the after his return to Ahmednagar Hussein Nizam Shahdied, and was succeeded by his son, Murtaza (1565—1588),who is known by the name of the Madman. For the firstfew years of his reign, Murtaza was a minor, and the regencywas conducted by his mother, Khunza Sultana. Ibrahim AdilShah, taking advantage of Murtazas infancy, led an army ::()i) in STORY Oh THE DECCAN. Mgniiist \ciils:it;i(lri, IvaiiiM R;ij;iirs l)r()tlicr, in tlic Ii()|H ofamiexing more of the Vijayanagar territory. Venkatadii :i|)-pcaled to Alinicdnagar for licl}), and, true to the old Deccanpolicy of ])reveiitiiig any one of the roial Kings from becomingtoo ])owerful, the Queen Regent sent an army to assist \en-katadri, and the Bijapur troops were compelled to ret


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