What was the significance of the conquest of Madurai?

It ended the rule of the Madurai Sultanate and brought almost the entire South India under the unified control of the Vijayanagara Empire.

Vijayanagara Literary Contributions

UPSC Archival Analysis

Q: The lady poet who described the victorious expeditions of her husband in her work 'Madhura-Vijayam' was:

Ganga Devi was the 14th-century poetess who wrote the epic 'Madhura-Vijayam'. In this work, she describes the successful military campaign of her husband, Kumara Kampana, against the Madurai Sultanate.

Exam Year

2000

Evidence Source

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ID: MED_VIJ_2000_108 Ref: K.A. Nilakanta Sastri, A History of South India