Battle of Raichur
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Raichur Fort | |||||||
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Ismail Adil Shah[1] | |||||||
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Another est.
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16,000 soldiers killed (contemporary sources) | Unknown but heavy |
The Battle of Raichur was a battle fought between the Vijayanagara Empire and the Sultanate of Bijapur in 1520[3] in the town of Raichur, India. It resulted in a decisive victory for Vijayanagara forces, and the Bijapur ruler was defeated and pushed across the river Krishna.[4]
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Richard Eaton argues that Vijayanagara's victory at Raichur ultimately led to its downfall.[18] Because Krishna Raya was able to overcome an army with technologically superior weapons, he underestimated the value of investment in military technology. The Sultans of the Deccan, on the other hand, continued to improve their arms and learned the tactics necessary to deploy them well. This difference in military technology was a decisive factor in the Sultans' defeat of Vijayanagara at the Battle of Talikota 45 years later.
References
- ^ a b c Bhat, N. Shyam (2009). "Political Interaction between Portuguese Goa and Karnataka". Portuguese Studies Review, Vol. 16, No. 2. Baywolf Press. p. 27.
- ^ Y. Gopala Reddy (1990). A Comprehensive History of Andhra. Victory Publishers.
- ^ a b Roy (2014), p. 68: "In 1520, Battle of Raichur was fought between Krishna Raya of Vijayanagara and Sultan Ismail Adil Shah of Bijapur."
- ISBN 9780070635777.
- ^ Eaton (2013), p. 278: "In the confusion surrounding the expulsion of imperial forces in 1347, the Doab apparently fell to the powers that simultaneously arose on the ashes of Tughluq imperialism in the Deccan, the Bahmani sultanate (1347-1538).
- ^ History of South India: Medieval period, University of Virginia[full citation needed]
- ^ "Ismāʿīl ʿĀdil Shāh - Bijāpur ruler". Britannica.
- ^ Bhat, N. Shyam (15 December 2009). "Political Interaction between Portuguese Goa and Karnataka". Portuguese Studies Review. 16 (2).
- ^ "Evolve Back".
- OCLC 965718764,
There is also a strong likelihood of the adoption of European matchlocks in the Vijayanagara Empire at around the same time [1517], through contact with the Portuguese.
- ^ Eaton (2013), p. 289: "All of this suggests that by 1520 cannon were being used in the field—extensively by Bijapur, at best minimally by Vijayanagara—but with only limited effect."
- ^ Roy (2014), p. 68: "Though Bijapur had superior firepower, Vijayanagara emerged victorious."
- ^ Murthy, H. V. Sreenivasa; Ramakrishnan, R. (1977), A History of Karnataka, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, S. Chand, p. 189,
The city of Raichur surrendered and Krishnadevaraya made triumphal entry into it.
- ^ Eaton 2013, p. 292.
- ^ Vijayanagara, Progress of Research, Directorate of Archaeology & Museums, 1996, p. 200
- ^ Sandhu, Gurcharn Singh (2003). Military History of Medieval India. Vision Books. p. 342.
- ISBN 978-81-206-0125-3
- ^ Eaton, Richard (2019). "The Deccan and the South, 1400-1650". India in the Persianate Age, 1000-1765. Penguin Books. pp. 168–172.
Bibliography
- Eaton, Richard M. (2013), "'Kiss My Foot,' Said the King: Firearms, Diplomacy and the Battle for Raichur, 1520", in Richard M. Eaton; Munis D. Faruqui; David Gilmartin; Sunil Kumar (eds.), Expanding Frontiers in South Asian and World History: Essays in Honour of John F. Richards, Cambridge University Press, pp. 275–298, ISBN 978-1-107-03428-0
- Roy, Kaushik (2014), Military Transition in Early Modern Asia, 1400-1750: Cavalry, Guns, Government and Ships, A&C Black, ISBN 978-1-78093-813-4
Further reading
- Wagoner, Phillip B. (1993), Tidings of the king: a translation and ethnohistorical analysis of the Rāyavācakamu, University of Hawaii Press, ISBN 978-0-8248-1495-3
- Krishnaraja Vijayam - Kumara Dhurjati (in Telugu).
- Sougandhika Prasavapaharanamu - Ratnakaram Gopala Kavi (in Telugu).
- K. Iswara Dutt, Journal of Andhra Historical Research Society. Vol. 10, pp. 222–224.
- K. A. Nilakanta Sastry, Further Sources of Vijayanagara History - 1946(https://archive.org/details/FurtherSourcesOfVijayanagaraHistory)