Draft:Vijaynagar invasion of Madurai Sultanate

Vijayanagar invasion of Madurai Sultnate
Part of Battles involving the Vijayanagara Empire
Date1362
Location9°55′31″N 78°07′11″E / 9.9252°N 78.1198°E / 9.9252; 78.1198
Result

Vijayanagara empire victory

Belligerents
Vijayanagara Empire Madurai Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Kumara Kampana Qurbat Hasan 
Casualties and losses
unknown Heavy
Vijaynagar invasion of Madurai Sultanate is located in Tamil Nadu
Vijaynagar invasion of Madurai Sultanate
Madurai Battle field Location

The Vijayanagara Empire under Bukka Raya I made a series of efforts to conquer South India. There were a series of Vijayanagara invasions in the middle of the fourteenth century.[1]

Invasion

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Bukka Raya I, king of the Vijayanagara Empire, dispatched his son, Kumara Kampana, with an army to conquer the Madurai Sultanate.[2] Prince Kampana first killed the king Sambuvaraya of Tondamandala (present-day Kanchipuram), and then the vassal of the Delhi Sultanate, who refused to help him against the Madurai Sultanate.[3]

Conquest of Madurai Sultanate

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Kumara Kampana then marched against the sultan of Madurai. Although both sides used elephants, the Vijayanagar archers were able to pick off the Sultanate elephant riders. During the battle, the Turks started to flee. In response, the sultan charged Kampana and was killed shortly afterward.[4][5]

Aftermath

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After Kamapana's victory on the Turashkas, Gopana brought the namperumal and reinstated them, returning the Sri Ranganathaswamy temple[disambiguation needed] to its former glory. From there he then went further south to Ramnäd and Rameswaram, continuing to restore temples while on his route. The southern ocean was reached by 1371, and with this, Kampana's conquests were over.[6]

References

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  1. ^ GOPAL, M. H. (1956). THE HISTORY OF VIJAYANAGAR EMPIRE VOL.1. POPULAR PRAKASHAN,BOMBAY. p. 31.
  2. ^ GOPAL, M. H. (1956). THE HISTORY OF VIJAYANAGAR EMPIRE VOL.1. POPULAR PRAKASHAN,BOMBAY. p. 30.
  3. ^ Devakunjari, D. (1979). Madurai Through the Ages: From the Earliest Times to 1801 A.D. Society for Archaeological, Historical, and Epigraphical Research. p. 163.
  4. ^ Devakunjari, D. (1979). Madurai Through the Ages: From the Earliest Times to 1801 A.D. Society for Archaeological, Historical, and Epigraphical Research. p. 164.
  5. ^ Kalidos, Raju (1976). History and Culture of the Tamils: From Prehistoric Times to the President's Rule. Vijay Publications. p. 218.
  6. ^ Sastri, K. A. Nilakanta (1958). History of South India. p. 256.