Madura Vijayam

Synopsis

Madhurā Vijayam (Sanskrit: मधुराविजयम्), meaning "The Victory of Madurai", is a 14th-century Sanskrit poem written by the poet Gangadevi. It is also named Vira Kamparaya Charitham by the poet. It chronicles the life of Kumara Kampana, a prince of the Vijayanagara Empire and the second son of Bukka Raya I. The poem describes in detail, the conquest of the Madurai Sultanate by the Vijayanagara Empire. The poem along with Ibn Battuta's memoirs and epigraphical and numismatic records, has been used as a historical source for determining the history of the Madurai Sultanate and the Vijayanagara Empire's conquest of the Sultanate.

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Details

Type

Book

Genres

Mahakavya, chronicle

Created by

Gangadevi

Countries

Vijayanagara Empire