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Disclaimer. This short film has been made with the objective of sharing aspects of our glorious history with the masses and covers historical facts and draws inspiration from various books, texts and articles written on this subject over the years . Veer Savarkar’s historical books have been a major inspiration. The objective of this short film hence is not to hurt the sentiments of any particular caste or community. Various imagery commonly available is obtained from the web and has been used to depict people, places and scenes and we do not claim for this imagery to be our own creation in any way. We have used simple tools like PCs and mobile phones to create this short film hence technology wise this may seem very basic but we do have our hearts in the right place as we attempt to revisit our glorious history and share it with you..

The Guardians of Bharat over the Ages. Part 2- The Vijaynagar Empire.

Attacked, Captured and Converted. Brothers Hariharraya and Bukkaraya belonged to the Yadava family of Anagondi..

Return and the Foundation of the Vijaynagar Empire.

In 1346 the Bahamani Sultanate was formed in South India as Hassan Gangu the Governor of the Delhi Sultan rebelled against Tughlaq and formed his own kingdom..

Bukkaraya and Hariharraya. Hariharraya and Bukkaraya expanded the kingdom of Vijaynagar very effectively and also made it an advanced kingdom of that time..

A Prominent Empire. Vijaynagar soon became known for its lifestyle, marvellous architecture, centres of knowledge and learning beautiful gardens and statues..

The Appeasement Politics of Devaraya. Devaraya, a later Vijaynagar King ruling from year 1406 proved weak. To appease Muslims in his state he employed many but did not command their respect..

The Break Up of the Bahamani Sultanate. After the death of Devaraya the next Vijaynagar kings again proved effective against the Bahmani Sultanate as in 1417 they defeated Phiroz Khan’s army..

Krishnadevaraya - A Golden Era. Maharaja Krishnadevaraya who ascended the Vijaynagar Throne in 1509 is regarded arguably as the greatest of all Vijaynagar Kings to the extent that he is regarded as the main icon of the Vijaynagar Empire just as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is regarded as the main icon of the Maratha Empire..

The Reign of Krishnadevaraya. Literature and knowledge reaches its zenith in his rule. Krishnadevaraya who was himself a great scholar well versed in Sanskrit, Telugu and Kannada wrote a number of books including the Amukta Malyada which is referred to even today..

The Reign of Krishnadevaraya. As Krishnadevaraya was very generous to his subjects he was also very stern and ruthless while dealing with the enemies of the Vijaynagar Empire..

The Reign of Ramraya. After many months of uncertainty the Vijaynagar Empire found a stable leadership in Ramraya who proved virtuous and capable. His era marked the return of Vijaynagar as a powerful force..

Ramraya the Courageous. As Ramraya became stronger over nearly 3 decades at the helm, the fragmented Bahmani Sultans decided to unite in the name of Islam to subdue the ‘kafir’ state of Vijaynagar. As the Bahmani Sultans never trusted each other they held intermarriages within each others’ kingdoms to cement their allegiance to the Islamic cause..

The fall of the Vijaynagar Empire does not mean that the cause of the Hindu Empire reached a full stop as a few decades later a great personality was born in 1630 who would go on to found a 200 year long Empire and take the Hindavi Swarajya to the next level- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the founder of the Maratha Empire.

Created byNikhil Chaudhari. Narrators:. Tanish Venkatesh.