This polity's namesake capital was destroyed after its leader Rama Raya was killed by a four-sultan alliance during the Battle of Talikota.
The king universally considered the greatest of this state was responsible for defeating the Gajapatis of Orissa and adding the Raichur Doab to this empire's territory. That king was given a glowing review by the Portuguese travel writer Domingo Paes, who wrote about this state. This state was ruled by the Saluva and Tuluva dynasties after its initial founding by the house of Sangama, including its first kings Bukka and Harihara. This polity's namesake capital was destroyed after its leader Rama Raya was killed by a four-sultan alliance during the Battle of Talikota. That began its final decline, during which it was ruled by Tirumala from the city of Penukonda. Ethnic Kannadas and Tamils were second-class citizens in this state, which was ruled by Telugus, and incorporated the preceeding Hoysala empire into its Hindu bulwark against the Muslim sultanates of the north. For 10 points, name this empire which ruled from modern-day Andhra Pradesh in the fourteenth through seventeenth centuries.
The king universally considered the greatest of this state was responsible for defeating the Gajapatis of Orissa and adding the Raichur Doab to this empire's territory.
Vijayanagar