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]

Bhavana Sangama
SpouseMaravve Nayakiti
IssueHarihara I, Bukka Raya I Kampa I, Marappa and Muddappa
DynastySangama

Biography

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

Bibliography

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  • 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. ISBN 81-219-0153-7

References

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  1. ^ Sen, Sailendra (2013). A Textbook of Medieval Indian History. Primus Books. pp. 103–106. ISBN 978-9-38060-734-4.
  2. ^ a b "Short biography of Harihara-I (A.D. 1336—A.D. 1355)". 29 October 2011.
  3. ^ Dhere, Ramchandra (2011). Rise of a Folk God: Vitthal of Pandharpur South Asia Research. Oxford University Press, 2011. p. 243. ISBN 9780199777648.
  4. ^ Burton Stein (1990). The New Cambridge History of India Vijayanagara · Volume 1 (Ebook). Cambridge University Press. p. 18. ISBN 9780521266932.