Krishnadevaraya | If you’ve never been to Hampi, I strongly urge you to do so at least once in your life. Just go solo and soak in the history and the weight of the scale of what all of the ruins would’ve looked like at the peak of the Vijayanagara Empire and what we’ve lost. I think it will be a trip you’ll cherish for a long time. 

It was the capital of one of the greatest empires of Bharat, and in this episode we’re going to talk about the greatest emperor of that empire.

Krishnadevaraya built many of the famous structures of Hampi, stopped the encroachment of the Deccan sultanates into southern India and won amazing victories that we were never told about.

He was a poet, a brave warrior and commander on the battlefield, a lover, and a great emperor who was mostly led by doing what was right rather than unchecked ambition.

(0:00) Introduction

(2:04) Sources

(2:32) Becoming the Emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire

(6:15) Early Days as Emperor

(6:56) Krishnadevaraya Ends the Deccan Sultans’ Annual Raids

(12:41) Capturing Udayagiri Fort

(16:17) Krishnadevaraya Defeats the Gajapati King Prataparudradeva

(20:37) Battle on the Krishna

(27:44) Krishnadevaraya Defeats the Bijapur Sultanate and Reestablishes the Bahmani Sultanate

(30:24) Final Years

(31:09) Lessons