චිත්‍රදුර්ගයේ නායකවරු

Chitradurga Nayaka Kingdom

Official language	Kannada
Capitals	Chitradurga
Government	Monarchy
Preceding state	Vijayanagar Empire
Succeeding states	Kingdom of Mysore

Statue of chief Madakari Nayaka

Nayakas of Chitradurga (1588–1779 CE) ruled parts of eastern Karnataka during the post-Vijayanagara period. During the rule of Hoysala Empire and Vijayanagara Empire, they served as a feudatory chiefdom. Later after the fall of the Vijayanagara empire, they ruled at times as an independent Chiefdom and at other times as a vassal of the Mysore Kingdom, Mughal Empire and Maratha Empire. Finally their territories merged into the province of Mysore under the British.

References

• History of Nayakas of Chitradurga, Barry Lewis, Dept of Anthropology, University of Illinois
• Dr. Suryanath U. Kamath, A Concise history of Karnataka from pre-historic times to the present, Jupiter books, MCC, Bangalore, 2001 (Reprinted 2002)