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Sangama dynasty
Harihara I	1336–1356
Bukka Raya I	1356–1377
Harihara Raya II	1377–1404
Virupaksha Raya	1404–1405
Bukka Raya II	1405–1406
Deva Raya I	1406–1422
Ramachandra Raya	1422
Vira Vijaya Bukka Raya	1422–1424
Deva Raya II	1424–1446
Mallikarjuna Raya	1446–1465
Virupaksha Raya II	1465–1485
Praudha Raya	1485
Saluva dynasty
Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya	1485–1491
Thimma Bhupala	1491
Narasimha Raya II	1491–1505
Tuluva dynasty
Tuluva Narasa Nayaka	1491–1503
Vira Narasimha Raya	1503–1509
Krishna Deva Raya	1509–1529
Achyuta Deva Raya	1529–1542
Venkata I	1542
Sadasiva Raya	1542–1570
Aravidu dynasty
Aliya Rama Raya	1542–1565
Tirumala Deva Raya	1565–1572
Sriranga I	1572–1586
Venkata II	1586–1614
Sriranga II	1614
Rama Deva Raya	1617–1632
Venkata III	1632–1642
Sriranga III	1642–1646

Mallikarjuna Raya (or Deva Raya III) (born 1420, r. 1446–1465 CE) was an emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire from the Sangama Dynasty.

Mallikarjuna Raya succeeded his father Deva Raya II, who had brought prosperity throughout the Vijayanagara empire as well as a golden age for the Sangama Dynasty. However, Mallikarjuna Raya was unlike his father, and was generally a weak and corrupt ruler.

At the beginning of his reign he defended the kingdom from the attacks of the Bahamani Sultan and the Gajapati Emperor of the Hindu empire of Kalinga-Utkal Odisha, which then stretched from the Ganges to the Kaveri, but thereafter it was marked by a string of defeats. The Gajapatis conquered Rajamahendri in 1454 and Udayagiri and Chandragiri in 1463. The Bahamani kingdoms took over much of the Vijayanagara Empire by 1450 and grew closer to the capital.

These events eventually led to the decline of the Sangama Dynasty; Mallikarjuna Raya's nephew Virupaksha Raya II took the opportunity to seize the throne, though he failed to prove a better ruler. It is unknown what happened to Mallikarjuna after that.

References[edit]

Dr. Suryanath U. Kamat, Concise history of Karnataka, MCC, Bangalore, 2001 (Reprinted 2002)

External links[edit]

AP Online

Preceded by Deva Raya II	Vijayanagar empire 1446–1465	Succeeded by Virupaksha Raya II

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+{{Vijayanagara empire}}'''Mallikarjuna Raya''' (or '''Deva Raya III''') (born 1420, r. 1446–1465 CE) was an [[emperor]] of the [[Vijayanagara Empire]] from the [[Sangama Dynasty]].
-'''Mallikarjuna Raya''' (or '''Deva Raya III''') (born 1420, r. 1446–1465 CE) was an [[emperor]] of the [[Vijayanagara Empire]] from the [[Sangama Dynasty]].
 Mallikarjuna Raya succeeded his father [[Deva Raya II]], who had brought prosperity throughout the [[Vijayanagara empire]] as well as a golden age for the [[Sangama Dynasty]]. However, Mallikarjuna Raya was unlike his father, and was generally a weak and corrupt ruler.
-At the beginning of his reign he defended the kingdom from the attacks of the [[Bahamani]] Sultan and the Gajapati Emperor of the Hindu empire of Kalinga-Utkal [[Odisha]], which then stretched from the Ganges to the [[Kaveri]], but thereafter it was marked by a string of defeats. The Gajapatis conquered Rajamahendri in 1454 and [[Udayagiri, Orissa|Udayagiri]] and [[Chandragiri]] in 1463. The [[Bahamani]] kingdoms took over much of the [[Vijayanagara Empire]] by 1450 and grew closer to the capital. At the same time the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] arrived in southern India, seizing many of the ports on the western coast that the [[Vijayanagara Empire]] had once controlled.
+At the beginning of his reign he defended the kingdom from the attacks of the [[Bahamani]] Sultan and the Gajapati Emperor of the Hindu empire of Kalinga-Utkal [[Odisha]], which then stretched from the Ganges to the [[Kaveri]], but thereafter it was marked by a string of defeats. The Gajapatis conquered Rajamahendri in 1454 and [[Udayagiri, Orissa|Udayagiri]] and [[Chandragiri]] in 1463. The [[Bahamani]] kingdoms took over much of the [[Vijayanagara Empire]] by 1450 and grew closer to the capital.
 These events eventually led to the decline of the [[Sangama Dynasty]]; Mallikarjuna Raya's nephew [[Virupaksha Raya II]] took the opportunity to seize the throne, though he failed to prove a better ruler. It is unknown what happened to Mallikarjuna after that.
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