Bhavana Sangama

Bhavana Sangama or simply Sangama was the father of the brothers Harihara I and Bukka Raya I, the founders of the Vijayanagara Empire.[1]

Bhavana Sangama
SpouseMaravve Nayakiti
IssueHarihara I, Bukka Raya I Kampa I, Marappa and Muddappa
DynastySangama

Biography

He was the chieftain of a cowherd pastoralist community, which claimed descent from the illustrious Yadava race, and was married to Maravve Nayakiti, the daughter of the Kampili king Kampili Deva Raya and the elder sister of prince Kumara Rama.[2][3] He had 5 children,[4] Harihara, Bukka, Kampa I, Marappa and Muddappa, who founded the Vijayanagara Empire (mainly by Harihara and Bukka)[2]

Bibliography

  • 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

  1. Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. pp. 103–106. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.
  2. "Short biography of Harihara-I (A.D. 1336—A.D. 1355)". 29 October 2011.
  3. Dhere, Ramchandra (2011). Rise of a Folk God: Vitthal of Pandharpur South Asia Research. Oxford University Press, 2011. p. 243. ISBN 9780199777648.
  4. Burton Stein (1990). The New Cambridge History of India Vijayanagara · Volume 1 (Ebook). Cambridge University Press. p. 18. ISBN 9780521266932.
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