Vijayanagara Empire Consolidates the Deccan

1412

Devaraya I of the Sangama dynasty expanded the great Hindu empire's northern frontiers against the Bahmani Sultanate, investing heavily in massive irrigation works across the Tungabhadra valley that transformed dry scrubland into productive rice paddy. The capital at Hampi, a city of carved granite temples and royal elephant stables set among boulder-strewn hills, was growing into one of the largest urban centers in the entire medieval world.