HISTORY
MEDIAVAL INDIA
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Ahmednagar
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Vijaynagar
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Chola
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Rashtrakuta
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Detailed explanation-1: -The fight was essential in dismantling the Vijayanagar empire, a Telugu-speaking hegemony over Tamil and Kannada-speaking southern India. It also marked the start of the last Muslim incursion into southern India, which lasted until the end of the 18th century.
Detailed explanation-2: -By 1564 at least four of the five sultans (Berar is questionable) had begun their march on Vijayanagar, which resulted early in 1565 in the disastrous defeat of the Vijayanagar forces in the Battle of Talikota and in the subsequent sack and destruction of much of the city of Vijayanagar.
Detailed explanation-3: -According to records, the city of Vijayanagara was destroyed over a period of five months after the defeat of its army at the fateful Battle of Talikota on January 26, 1565.