Kampili kingdom

The Kampili kingdom was a short-lived Hindu kingdom in the 14th century CE in South India. The kingdom existed near Ballari in the Tungabhadra river in the northeastern parts of the present-day Karnataka state, India. It was destroyed after a defeat by the armies of the Tughlaq dynasty and a Jauhar in 1327 CE when it faced a defeat. The Kampili kingdom in some historical accounts is called the Basnaga kingdom, and it is the kingdom which inspired and ultimately led to the Hindu Vijayanagara Empire.

History

The founder of the kingdom was a Hoysala commander, Singeya Nayaka-III, who declared independence after the Turkish forces of the Dehli Sultanate was killed by the Seuna Yadavas of Devagiri in their territories in 1294 CE. Nayaka-III was succeeded by his son Kampilideva in 1300 CE, who remained in dispute with the territorial claims of the Delhi Sultanate's forces. The Kampili kingdom then fell to the invasion in 1327 CE from the north by the forces of Muhammad bin Tughluq, the Tughlaq king of Delhi. The army led by Malik Zada sent the news of its victory over Kampili kingdom to Muhammad bin Tughluq in Delhi by sending the straw-stuffed beheaded head and body of the dead Hindu king Kampilideva. The Vijayanagara Empire emerged in 1336 CE from the remains of this kingdom and it ruled over South India for 310 years.