Vijayanagara

City · c. 1344–1571 CE · in South Asia

Capital of Vijayanagara Empire (1344–1571).

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Around the same time and place

• Ibn Battuta’s travels: Anatolia, India and China (1332–1346 CE): Ibn Battuta crossed Anatolia and the Black Sea to the Golden Horde, travelled via Bukhara to Delhi, where he served as a judge for years, then went via the Maldives and Sumatra to China, which he reached around 1345.
• 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.
• Vasco da Gama’s voyage to India (1497–1499 CE): Vasco da Gama sailed from Lisbon around the Cape of Good Hope and up the East African coast to Malindi, then crossed the Arabian Sea to Calicut in 1498, opening the first direct sea route from Europe to India.
• Mughal Empire founded (1526–1857 CE): Empire founded by Babur that at its height ruled most of the Indian subcontinent, famed for its wealth, administration and architecture.
• Taj Mahal (1632 CE): White marble mausoleum at Agra built by Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz Mahal, begun in 1632; the most celebrated work of Mughal architecture.
• 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.

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