Pemmasani Ramalinga Nayudu

Pemmasani Ramalinga Nayaka
King of Gandikota
14th Kamma King
Reign 1494 - 1521
Coronation 1494 A. D.
Predecessor Pemmasani Chennapa Nayaka
Successor Pemmasani Peddatimma Nayaka
Born Gandikota, Andhra Pradesh
Dynasty Kamma dynasty
Religion Hindu

Pemmasani Ramalinga Nayudu[1] was the King of Gandikota who ruled much of modern day Rayalaseema, Guntur, Krishna and parts of Orissa under which Kamma dynasty rulers earned them after winning them in battles as part of the great Vijayanagar empire. He had a military strength of nearly 80,000 soldiers and thus is one of the most powerful king in India at that time. He played a crucial role in winning the battle against combined armies of Kalburgie, Golconda and Ahmednagar for Sri Krishnadevaraya.[2]

He was the chief military commander of the Vijayanagar king Sri Krishnadevaraya at the Battle of Raichur. He was the grandson of Gandikota ruler Pemmasani Timma Nayaka. Pemmasani Nayaks were a martial clan in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.[3] They came into prominence during Vijayanagar times as rulers of Gandikota.[4] These Kamma warriors were previously serving Kakatiya dynasty as army commanders and migrated to Vijayanagar in 1370 CE after the death of their king Musunuri Kapaya Nayaka in Warangal.

Ramalinga led troops in the battle of Raichur.[5]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Phillip B. Wagoner, Tidings of the king: a translation and ethnohistorical analysis of the Rayavachakamu, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 1993, p. 138 ISBN 0-8248-1495-9. (Full text via Questia.).
  2. ↑ Rao, M. Rama (1971), Krishnadeva Raya, National Book Trust, p. 17
  3. ↑ K. Iswara Dutt, Journal of Andhra Historical Research Society. Vol. 10, pp. 222–224
  4. ↑ Burton Stein, Vijayanagara, Cambridge University Press, 1989, p. 88, ISBN 0-521-26693-9
  5. ↑ Phillip B. Wagoner, Tidings of the king: a translation and ethnohistorical analysis of the Rayavachakamu, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 1993, ISBN 0-8248-1495-9. (Full text via Questia.).
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