Mallikarjuna

Vijayanagar ruler

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effect on Vijayanagar empire

  • India
    In India: Decentralization and loss of territory

    The fact that Devaraya’s son Mallikarjuna (reigned 1446–65) was succeeded by a cousin rather than by his own son was another indication of lessened central control and of the failure of the king and his immediate family to secure their own future, as had been done by many of his…

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