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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. | 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 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. | 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. | ||