Arrange the following dynasties of the Vijayanagara Empire in a chronological order.

A. Tuluva
B. Saluva
C. Aravidu
D. Sangama

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

D, B, A, C only

The correct answer is Option (3) → D, B, A, C only

The correct chronological order of the mentioned dynasties is:

(D) Sangama Dynasty
(B) Saluvas Dynasty
(A) Tuluvas Dynasty
(C) Aravidu dynasty

Within the polity, claimants to power included members of the ruling lineage as well as military commanders. The first dynasty, known as the Sangama dynasty, exercised control till 1485. They were supplanted by the Saluvas, military commanders, who remained in power till 1503 when they were replaced by the Tuluvas. Krishnadeva Raya belonged to the Tuluva dynasty

Strain began to show within the imperial structure following Krishnadeva Raya’s death in 1529. His successors were troubled by rebellious nayakas or military chiefs. By 1542 control at the centre had shifted to another ruling lineage, that of the Aravidu, which remained in power till the end of the seventeenth century. During this period, as indeed earlier, the military ambitions of the rulers of Vijayanagara as well as those of the Deccan Sultanates resulted in shifting alignments. Eventually this led to an alliance of the Sultanates against Vijayanagara.