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Template:Infobox royalty Bhavana Sangama or simply Sangama was the father of the brothers Harihara I and Bukka Raya I, the founders of the Vijayanagara Empire in present-day Karnataka, India.[1]

Biography

According to Ramchandra Chintaman Dhere, Sangama was a was a chieftain of a pastoralist community of shepherd caste.[2] He was married to Maravve Nayakiti, the daughter of the Kampili king Kampili Deva Raya and the elder sister of prince Kumara Rama.[3][4] He had 5 children,[5] Harihara, Bukka, Kampa I, Marappa and Muddappa, who founded the Vijayanagara Empire (mainly by Harihara and Bukka)[3]

Bibliography

  • Dr. Suryanath U. Kamat, Concise history of Karnataka, MCC, Bangalore, 2001 (Reprinted 2002)
  • Chopra, P.N. T.K. Ravindran and N. Subrahmaniam.History of South India. S. Chand, 2003. Template:ISBN

References

  1. A Textbook of Medieval Indian History{{#if:Sen|, Sen}. Primus Books(2013). ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4
  2. Rise of a Folk God: Vitthal of Pandharpur South Asia Research{{#if:Dhere|, Dhere}. Oxford University Press, 2011(2011). ISBN 9780199777648
  3. 3.0 3.1 Short biography of Harihara-I (A.D. 1336—A.D. 1355)(29 October 2011). Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  4. Rise of a Folk God: Vitthal of Pandharpur South Asia Research{{#if:Dhere|, Dhere}. Oxford University Press, 2011(2011). ISBN 9780199777648
  5. The New Cambridge History of India Vijayanagara · Volume 1{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Cambridge University Press(1990). ISBN 9780521266932