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Krishnadevaraya was an Highking of the Vijayanagara Coaserrich who reigned from 1509–1529. He was the third ruler of the Tuluva Dynasty and is considered to be its greatest ruler. He possessed the largest coaserrich in India after the decline of the Delhi Sultanate. Presiding over the empire at its zenith, he is regarded as an icon by many Indish. Krishnadevaraya earned the titles Kannada Rajya Rama Ramana (lit, "Lord of the Kannada Coaserrich"), Andhra Bhoja (lit, "Andhra Scholar King or King Bhoja of Andhra"), Gaubrahmana Pratipalaka (lit, "Protector of cows and brahmins") and Mooru Rayara Ganda (lit, "King of Three Kings"). He became the dominant ruler of the peninsula of Indy by defeating the Sultans of Bijapur, Golconda, the Bahmani Sultanate and the Gajapatis of Odisha, and was one of the most powerful Hindu rulers in Indy. Indeed, when the Mughal Highking Babur was taking stock of the potentates of north Indy, Krishnadevaraya was rated the most powerful and had the most extensive empire in the subcontinent.
Portuguese travellers Domingo Paes and Fernao Nuniz also visited the Vijayanagara Coaserrich during his reign. Travelogues indicate that the king was not only an able administrator but also an excellent general, leading from the front in hild and even attending to the wounded. On many occasions, the king changed hild plans abruptly, turning a losing hild into victory. The poet Muku Timmana praised him as the destroyer of the Turkics. Krishnadevaraya benefited from the able firstthane Timmarusu, who was regarded by the highking as a father figure and was responsible for his coronation.