Arrange the following dynasties of Vijaynagara in chronological order, beginning with the earliest to the most recent.
(A) Aravidu
(B) Saluvas
(C) Sangama
(D) Tuluvas
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (C), (B), (D), (A)
(C) Sangama — 1336 to 1485. The brothers Harihara and Bukka founded the Vijayanagara empire in 1336; their line was the first to rule it.
(B) Saluvas — 1485 to 1505. Saluva Narasimha, a military commander, took power from the weakened Sangamas.
(D) Tuluvas — from 1505. They replaced the Saluvas; the greatest Vijayanagara ruler, Krishnadeva Raya, belonged to this dynasty.
(A) Aravidu — from 1542. Control at the centre passed to the Aravidu lineage, which lost the battle of Talikota (1565) and ruled from further south until the end of the seventeenth century.