the provinces 'of the vijayanagara empire were called as rajya.
the provinces 'of the vijayanagara empire were called as?
rajya
during the rule of the vijayanagara dynasty, tulu nadu was administered in two parts—"mangaluru rajya" and "barakuru rajya". tulu nadu was the original homeland of the tuluva dynasty, the third dynasty of the vijayanagara monarchy. tulu nadu was governed by feudatories of the vijayanagara empire until the 17th century. the longest reigning dynasty of tulu nadu was the alupas. they were the feudatories of the prominent dynasties of karnataka. the kadamba dynasty of banavasi was the earliest, under which the alupas flourished. later the rashtrakutas of manyakheta, chalukyas of badami, chalukyas of kalyani, hoysalas of durasamudra and "rayas" (kings) of vijayanagara were the overlords. the alupas, however, were independent and their subordination was nominal at best. they ruled during the vijaynagara domination of tulu nadu from 14th to the 17th centuries. the region became extremely prosperous during vijayanagara period with barkur and mangalore gaining importance. after the decline of the vijayanagara empire, much of tulu nadu came under the control of the keladi nayakas of ikkeri.
mangaloreans
krishnadevaraya planned for an invasion of kalinga, but the gajapati emperor, prataparudra, was made privy to this plan. prataparudra formulated his own plan to defeat krishandevaraya and the vijayanagara empire. the confrontation was to happen at the fort of kalinganagar. but the wily timmarusu secured the information of prataparudra's plan by bribing a telugu deserter, who was formerly under the service of prataparudra. when the vijayanagara empire did invade, prataprudra was driven to cuttack, the capital of the gajapati empire. prataparudra eventually surrendered to vijayanagara empire, and he gave his daughter, princess jaganmohini, in marriage to sri krishnadevaraya. krishandevaraya returned all the lands that the vijayanagara empire captured to the north of the krishna river; this made the krishna river became boundary of vijayanagar and the gajapati kingdom.
krishnadevaraya