Bidar
City · c. 1425 CE · in South Asia
Capital of Bahmani Sultanate (1425–1491), Bidar Sultanate (1527–1618).
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Around the same time and place
- Voyages of Zheng He (1405–1433 CE): Admiral Zheng He led seven Ming treasure fleets of large ships through Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean to India, the Persian Gulf, Arabia and the Swahili coast of East Africa.
- Maritime Silk Road (c. 200 BCE – c. 1500 CE): Sea lanes linking southern China, Southeast Asia, India, Arabia, East Africa and Egypt, carrying silk, ceramics, spices and textiles on the monsoon winds.
- Delhi Sultanate (1206–1526 CE): Series of Muslim dynasties ruling from Delhi, beginning with Qutb ud-Din Aibak in 1206 and ending with the Lodi defeat at Panipat in 1526.
- Vijayanagara Empire (1336–1646 CE): South Indian empire founded by Harihara I and Bukka Raya I in 1336, a major patron of Hindu culture and temple architecture.
- Madhava of Sangamagrama (c. 1340 CE – 1425 CE): Founder of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics who discovered infinite series for trigonometric functions and pi.
- Vijayanagara (c. 1344–1571 CE): Capital of Vijayanagara Empire (1344–1571).
- Bahmani Sultanate (1347–1527 CE): First independent Muslim kingdom of the Deccan, founded at Gulbarga in 1347 and later split into the five Deccan sultanates.
- Afanasy Nikitin’s journey beyond three seas (c. 1466–1475 CE): The Tver merchant Afanasy Nikitin travelled down the Volga, through Persia and by sea from Hormuz to India, where he spent about three years in the Bahmani Sultanate. He died near Smolensk on the way home; his travel notes survive.
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