Veera Vijaya Bukka Raya

Veera Vijaya Bukka Raya
Vijayanagara Emperor
Reignc. 1423 – c. 1424 CE[1]
PredecessorRamachandra Raya
SuccessorDeva Raya II
Born1371 CE
Vijayanagara, Vijayanagara Empire
(modern day Hampi, Karnataka, India)
Died1426 CE
Vijayanagara, Vijayanagara Empire
(modern day Hampi, Karnataka, India)
IssueDeva Raya II
HouseSangama
FatherDeva Raya I
MotherUnknown
ReligionHinduism
Vijayanagara Empire
Ruling dynasties
Sangama dynasty
Harihara I1336–1356
Bukka Raya I1356–1377
Harihara Raya II1377–1404
Virupaksha Raya1404–1405
Bukka Raya II1405–1406
Deva Raya I1406–1422
Ramachandra Raya1422
Vira Vijaya Bukka Raya1422–1424
Deva Raya II1424–1446
Mallikarjuna Raya1446–1465
Virupaksha Raya II1465–1485
Praudha Raya1485
Saluva dynasty
Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya1485–1491
Thimma Bhupala1491
Narasimha Raya II1491–1505
Tuluva dynasty
Tuluva Narasa Nayaka1491–1503
Vira Narasimha Raya1503–1509
Krishna Deva Raya1509–1529
Achyuta Deva Raya1529–1542
Venkata I1542
Sadasiva Raya1542–1570
Aravidu dynasty
Rama Raya1542–1565
Tirumala Deva Raya1565–1572
Sriranga I1572–1586
Venkata II1586–1614
Sriranga II1614
Rama Deva Raya1617–1632
Venkata III1632–1642
Sriranga III1642–1646

Veera Vijaya Bukka Raya ( Bukka Raya III, Vijaya Raya) (1371 – 1426 CE) was an emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire from the Sangama Dynasty.

Vijaya Raya was the son of Deva Raya I and succeeded his brother, Ramachandra Raya, in 1423 as the emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire. Similar to Ramachandra, Vijaya Raya is not known for doing anything significant and his short reign ended in 1424 (though Fernao Nuniz had noted that his reign lasted six years) when he was succeeded by his son, Deva Raya II. Vijaya Raya was the second son of Deva Raya I. During his reign, he faced an invasion from the Bahmani Sultanate, under Ahmad Shah I Wali. In the Siege of Vijayanagar, the Bahmanis defeated Vijayanagar, and recaptured the Sultanate's lost territories.[2]

  1. ^ Lakshmi, Kumari Jhansi (1958). THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE SANGAMA DYNASTY.
  2. ^ The Cambridge History of India: Turks and Afghans, edited by W. Haig. University Press. 1928. pp. 396–397.