For ten points, name this founder of the Vijaynagara Empire.
This man's father was a royal advisor who was appointed military governor of the region surrounding the village of Hampi. This man came to power by exploiting a power vacuum created when Emperor Veera Ballala III was killed in battle against the Sultan of Madurai. This member of the Sangama dynasty was succeeded by his son Bukka I. Under the leadership of future rulers such as Krishnadevaraya, the polity that this man established would hold off the attacks of the Deccan Sultanates and become the most powerful state in south India since the preceding Hoysala dynasty. For ten points, name this founder of the Vijaynagara Empire.
This man's father was a royal advisor who was appointed military governor of the region surrounding the village of Hampi.
{Harihara} I