FIRST-EVER EPIGRAPHICAL REFERENCE TO THE DATE OF DEATH OF KRISHNADEVARAYA

FIRST-EVER EPIGRAPHICAL REFERENCE TO THE DATE OF DEATH OF KRISHNADEVARAYA

Context

The first-ever epigraphical reference to the date of death of Krishnadevaraya who was the emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire.

Details

• The date of death has been inferred to be 17 October 1529.
• The discovery was made at Honnenahalli in Tumkur district.
• The inscription is engraved on a slab and is written in the Kannada language.
• The demise has been recorded as Śaka 1451, Virōdhi, śu. 15, lunar eclipse.

About Vijayanagar ruler Krishnadevaraya

• He was an emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire who reigned from 1509–1529.
• He belonged to Tuluva Dynasty.
• Krishna Deva Raya earned the titles Kannada Rajya Rama Ramana, Andhra Bhoja and Mooru Rayara Ganda.
• He became the dominant ruler of the peninsula of India by defeating the Sultans of Bijapur, Golconda, the Bahmani Sultanate and the Raja of Odisha.
• The great south Indian mathematician Nilakantha Somayaji also lived in the Empire of Krishnadevaraya.
• Portuguese travellers Domingo Paes and Fernao Nuniz also visited the Vijayanagara Empire during his reign.