Bhavana Sangama or simply Sangama was the father of the brothers Harihara I and Bukka Raya I, the founders of the Vijayanagara Empire in present-day Karnataka, India.[1]
| Bhavana Sangama | |
|---|---|
| Spouse | Maravve Nayakitio |
| Issue | Harihara I, Bukka Raya I Kampa I, Marappa and Muddappa |
| Dynasty | Sangama |
Biography
editHe was claimed to be of Yadava descent by later inscriptions of the Sangam dynasty. According to Ramchandra Chintaman Dhere, this was an attempt to claim Kshatriya status through Sanskritisation like the rest of South Indian dynasties who originated from pastoral (Kuruba) backgrounds by claiming Yadu to be their progenitor. [2] He was a chieftain and was married to Maravve Nayakiti, the daughter of the Kampili king Kampili Deva Raya and the elder sister of prince Kumara Rama.[3][4] He had 5 children,[5] Harihara, Bukka, Kampa I, Marappa and Muddappa, who founded the Vijayanagara Empire (mainly by Harihara and Bukka)[3]
Bibliography
edit- Dr. Suryanath U. Kamat, Concise history of Karnataka, MCC, Bangalore, 2001 (Reprinted 2002)
- Chopra, P.N. T.K. Ravindran and N. Subrahmaniam.History of South India. S. Chand, 2003. ISBN 81-219-0153-7
References
edit- ^ Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. pp. 103–106. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.
- ^ Dhere, Ramchandra (2011). Rise of a Folk God: Vitthal of Pandharpur South Asia Research. Oxford University Press, 2011. p. 243. ISBN 9780199777648.
- ^ a b "Short biography of Harihara-I (A.D. 1336—A.D. 1355)". 29 October 2011.
- ^ Dhere, Ramchandra (2011). Rise of a Folk God: Vitthal of Pandharpur South Asia Research. Oxford University Press, 2011. p. 243. ISBN 9780199777648.
- ^ Burton Stein (1990). The New Cambridge History of India Vijayanagara · Volume 1 (Ebook). Cambridge University Press. p. 18. ISBN 9780521266932.