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| reign = May 1446 – 14 July 1465<ref>{{Cite journal |url= https://www.jstor.org/stable/44145214|last=Lakshmi|first=Kumari Jhansi|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |date=1958|volume=21 |pages=290–297 |title=The Chronology of the Sangama Dynasty|jstor=44145214 }}</ref><br />
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| succession = [[Emperor of Vijayanagara]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Deva Raya II]]<br />
| successor = [[Virupaksha Raya II]]<br />
| father = [[Deva Raya II]]<br />
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| dynasty = [[Sangama dynasty|Sangama]]<br />
| religion = [[Hinduism]]<br />
| issue = [[Virupaksha Raya II]] <br />
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'''Mallikarjuna Raya''' (reigned May 1446 – 14 July 1465), also known as '''Deva Raya III''', was an [[Emperor of Vijayanagara]] from the [[Sangama Dynasty]].<br />
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Mallikarjuna Raya succeeded his father [[Deva Raya II|Emperor Deva Raya II]], who had brought prosperity throughout the [[Vijayanagara Empire]] as well as a golden age for the [[Sangama Dynasty]]. However, unlike his father, Mallikarjuna was a weak and corrupt ruler{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}.<br />
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At the beginning of his reign, he successfully defended the empire against invasions by the [[Turco-Persian tradition|Turko-Persian]] [[Bahmani Sultanate]] and the [[Gajapati Empire]], which then stretched from the [[Ganges]] to the [[Kaveri]], but thereafter his reign was marked by a string of defeats. The [[Gajapati Empire|Gajapatis]] conquered [[Rajamahendravaram|Rajamahendri]] in 1454 and [[Udayagiri, Orissa|Udayagiri]] and [[Chandragiri]] in 1463. The [[Bahmani Sultanate]] took over much of the [[Vijayanagara Empire]] by 1450 and grew closer to the capital of [[Vijayanagara]]. <br />
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These events eventually led to the decline of the [[Sangama Dynasty]]; Mallikarjuna Raya's nephew [[Virupaksha Raya II]] took the opportunity to seize the throne, though he failed to prove a better ruler. It is unknown what happened to Mallikarjuna after that.<br />
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==References==<br />
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* Dr. Suryanath U. Kamat, Concise history of Karnataka, MCC, Bangalore, 2001 (Reprinted 2002)<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051219170139/http://www.aponline.gov.in/quick%20links/HIST-CULT/history_medieval.html AP Online]<br />
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