Vijayanagara Series 15: Why don't the rulers of Aravidu dynasty tried to revive Hampi after the battle of Talikota?

 The glorious battles fought for over 75 years by Aravidu Dynasty after Talikota to save our Culture and temples in South and Central India after Talikota gets little mention from historians.

1. Aliya Rama Raya, at age 90, died at the battle (1565). The sultan army looted and destructed the city of Vijayanagara for over 5 months.
2. After the defeat at Talikota, his brother Aliya Tirumala Deva Raya (1565–1572) made Penukonda as capital. But some historians believe that he made a valiant attempt to revive the capital city of Hampi but all attempts failed.
3. Sri Ranga (1572–1586) son of Tirumala Devaraya, carried the restoration of the Vijayanagara empire, but his reign was marred with repeated attacks and loss of territories from his Muslim neighbours. In 1576, the Bijapur Sultan laid siege to his fort in Penukonda for three months, but at the end Sriranga Deva defeated Adil shah.
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2. Shifting Capitals for Strategic reasons, though out of Context: Forget about Hampi, Madurai Naicker kingdom during Tirumalai Naicker (1623- 1659), was under constant threat from the armies of Bijapur Sultanate and the other neighbouring Muslim kingdoms from North and Dutch from South /Ceylon which Madurai managed to repulse successfully. For strategic reasons, Madurai Naickers shifted their capital from Madurai to Trichy 1616–1634 to Madurai 1634–1695 to Trichy 1695–1716 to Madurai 1716–1736 and built the forts in various cities like Dindigul with the help of Portuguese.
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4. Unsung Emperor - Venkatapathi Raya II (1586–1614) brother of Sri Ranga, strengthened army to deter any further attacks.
5. His reign of three decades saw a revival of the strength and prosperity of the empire. He dealt successfully with the Deccan Sultans of Bijaput and Golkonda, the internal disorders, promoting economic revival in the country.
6. He appointed his 3 sons, Sri Ranga, Rama and Venkatapati as viceroys at Penukonda (Telugu), Srirangapattanam(Kannada) and Chandragiri / Tirupati/ Vengadam (Tamil) to respectively administer the Telugu, Kannada and Tamil divisions of the Vijayanagara kingdom.
7. In his reign, saw the rebels of Chenji Naickers in Tamil country and rebels in Sinhalas (Ceylon stopped paying tribute to Madurai). He dealt Chenji and Madurai Naicker Kumara Krishnappa (1563–1573) invaded Ceylon, and defeated Kandy and helping Europeans.
8. During his reign, he shifted the capital from Penukonda to Chandragiri (1592) further to Vellore (1604) and retired, giving away the reigns to Sri RangaII in 1614(killed in a coup in Vellore) son of his viecroyal elder brother Rama Raya. He did not have any heirs. Retired hurts connection with Tirupati Temple Mohan N R's answer to Why does every temple have a bell?
9. After Sri Ranga II, the succession issue become prominant with feudatories sidelined on imperial side to Rama Raya, 15 year old son of Sri RangaII and competing brahmin boy (said to be putative son of Venkata) lead to the decline of Empire.
10. During its 300 years of rule, there were two incidences of Brahmin rebels over succession ( one during Achuta Devaraya - see the link below under the head “Revolts in 1530” and another lead to “The Battle of Toppur 1616” one of the largest battles in the history of South Asia. In this battle, cannons were used at a large scale for the first time in South India). It caused complete destruction of already declining Vijaya Nagara Empire.

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