Skip to content
Conflict South Asia

Vijayanagara Empire Wars

1336 CE – 1565 CE · 229 years

The Hindu Vijayanagara Empire fought the Deccan sultanates for over two centuries in southern India, until its catastrophic defeat at Talikota ended the last great Hindu empire.

See it on the timeline

Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Vijayanagara Empire
  • Bahmani Sultanate, Deccan Sultanates

Key moments

Defining events in the Vijayanagara Empire Wars.

  1. 1520 Battle of Raichur
  2. 1565 Battle of Talikota

Elsewhere in South Asia at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

See the whole view

Landmark · South Asia

Sixty Dome Mosque

1459 CE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Mughal Empire

1526 CE – 1857 CE

Conflict · South Asia

Mughal Conquests of India

1526 CE – 1707 CE

Landmark · South Asia

Blue Mosque of Mazar-i-Sharif

1481 CE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Sultanate of Delhi

1200 CE – 1526 CE

Conflict · South Asia

Delhi Sultanate Wars

1206 CE – 1398 CE

Landmark · South Asia

Goa

1510 CE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Islamic and Hindu states

Attested 1530 CE – 1650 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1336 CE and 1565 CE.

1336 CE Hampi 1336 CE Vijayanagara 1459 CE Sixty Dome Mosque 1481 CE Blue Mosque of Mazar-i-Sharif 1500 CE Surat

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Machu Picchu Landmark · Americas 1450 CE – still standing Maya chiefdoms and states Polity · Americas 2000 BCE – 1521 CE Mesoamerican Trade Network Trade route · Americas 1200 BCE – 1521 CE Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States) Conflict · East Asia 1467 CE – 1615 CE Mansa Musa Figure · Mali / West Africa 1280 CE – 1337 CE Mausoleum at Halicarnassus Landmark · Europe 350 BCE – 1404 CE
Image credits5 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
  • Sixty Dome Mosqueমোয়ায মাহমুদ · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Mughal EmpireJustus Perthes, Gotha./Charles Joppen · GFDL
  • Mausoleum of Imam AliSgt. Kimberly Lamb (U.S. Armed Forces) · Public domain
  • Delhi SultanateMaps created from DEMIS Mapserver, which are public domain. Koba-chan Territorial area: प… · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • GoaSam 8393 · CC BY-SA 4.0