Bahmani and Vijayanagara Kingdoms, Vijaya Nagara Empire
ONE-LINER HISTORY NOTE FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS Bahmani and Vijayanagara Kingdoms 1. The decline of the Sulthanate of Delhi gave birth to two mighty states in South India the Bahmani Kingdom of Gulbaraga and the Vijayanagara Empire. 2. The Bahmanis were Muslim rulers, while the rulers of the Vijayanagar were Hindus. 3. The Bahmani kingdom was founded by Zafar Khan (Hassan) who took the title of Alauddin Bahman Shah . He selected Gulbaraga as its capital and renamed it Ahsanabad . 4. There were total eighteen Sulthans and they ruled from 1347 to 1527. 5. Muhammed Gawan was the famous minister of Bahmini kingdom. 6. The last prince of the Bahmani Kingdom was Kalimullah . 7. By 1527, the Bahmani kingd...