Question: Narasimha Raya II, was the third and last ruler of the Saluva dynasty, the second of the four dynasties to rule the Vijayanagara Empire, that spanned from Deccan Plateau region in which country?
Context: Deva Raya I (reigned 1406–1422 CE) was a king of the Vijayanagara Empire (of the Sangama Dynasty).  After Harihara II died there was a dispute between his sons over the throne in which Deva Raya I eventually emerged victor.  He was a very capable ruler noted for his military exploits and his support to irrigation works in his kingdom.  He modernized the Vijayanagara army by improving the cavalry, employing Turkic archers, procuring horses from Arabia and Persia.  Of Deva Raya I, the Italian traveler Nicolo Conti, who visited Vijayanagara in c.1420, described thus: "In this city, there are 90,000 men fit to bear arms...there king is more powerful than all the kings of India".  Conti also noted that the royal city had grown to a circumference of 60 mi.  Deva Raya I was a patron of Kannada literature and architecture.  Madhura, a noted Jain poet was in his court (and also in the court of his father King Harihara II) and wrote in Kannada the "Dharmanathapurana" on the life of the fifteenth Jain Tirthankar, and a poem in eulogy of Gommateshvara of Shravanabelagola.  The noted Hazare Rama temple, an excellent example of Deccan architecture was constructed during his rule.  One of Deva Raya's queens Bhima Devi was a disciple of the Jain guru Abhinava Charukirti Panditacharya.  She was a devotee of Shantinatha, 16th Jain "tirthankara" and built a temple at the Mangayi Basti in Shravanabelagola. Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya (r. 1485–1491 CE) (or Saluva Narasimha, Saluva Narasimha I ) was an emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire from the Saluva Dynasty.  A patron of the Madhwa saint Sripadaraya, he authored the Sanskrit work "Rama Bhyudayam".  He also patronised Kannada poet Kavi Linga. Tuluva Narasa Nayaka or Sammeta Narasa Nayaka (died 1503) was a chieftain of the Tuluva dynasty and a Vijayanagar commander, like his father Tuluva Ishvara Nayaka.  After the death of king Saluva Narasimha in 1491, crown prince Thimma Bhupala was murdered by an army commander.  The faithful Narasa Nayaka then crowned the other prince, Narasimha Raya II but retained all administrative powers in order to bring stability to the kingdom.  He was called the "rakshakarta" (protector) and "svami" (Lord).  He held the offices of the "senadhipati" (commander-in-chief), the "mahapradhana" (Prime Minister) and the "karyakarta" (agent) of the king.  He successfully kept the Bahamani Sultans and the Gajapatis away from the kingdom and quelled many rebellions by unfaithful chieftains, trying to exert their independence. Narasimha Raya II (r. 1491-1505) ( Narasimha II, Immadi Narasimha Raya or Dhamma Thimma Raya) was the third and last ruler of the Saluva dynasty, the second of the four dynasties to rule the Vijayanagara Empire. The List of Vijayanagara era temples in Karnataka includes notable and historically important Hindu and Jain temples and monoliths that were built or received significant patronage by the kings and vassals of the Vijayanagara Empire during the period 1336-1646 AD.  This period includes the rule of the four dynasties: the Sangama, the Saluva, the Tuluva, and the Aravidu dynasties. Thimma Bhupala (d 1491) was the elder son of Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya, the King of Vijayanagara Empire.  During the reign of his father, he was holding the office of "Yuvaraja" Prince Thimma succeeded his father in 1491 but was soon murdered by an army commander during a period of political unrest in Vijayanagara.  He was succeeded by his younger brother Narasimha Raya II. Praudha Raya (also known as Praudha Deva Raya) was a king of Vijayanagara Empire who ruled for a very short period of time but was overpowered and the control of the empire was taken over by his able commander Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya in 1485.  He wrote the "Ratiratnapradipika", a book on erotics. When the Vijayanagara ruler Achyuta Raya, who was the younger brother of Krishnadevaraya, died in AD 1542, his son, Venkata I (Venkata Raya or Venkatadri Raya), succeeded him.  He was a weak ruler and was killed six months later.  Sadasiva Raya, who was the nephew (sister's son) of Achyuta Raya became king according to the laws of Aliya Santana which was prevalent among the Bunts caste to which the Tuluva dynasty belonged.  Sadasiva Raya was controlled by his minister Rama Raya, the "de facto" king, who restored the Vijayanagara empire's power which had diminished after the rule of Krishna Deva Raya.  Rama Raya's strategy was to play the Deccan Sultanates against each other by first allying with one and then another. The Vijayanagara Empire (also called Karnata Empire, and the Kingdom of Bisnegar by the Portuguese) was based in the Deccan Plateau region in South India.  It was established in 1336 by Harihara I and his brother Bukka Raya I of Sangama Dynasty.  The empire rose to prominence as a culmination of attempts by the southern powers to ward off Islamic invasions by the end of the 13th century.  It lasted until 1646, although its power declined after a major military defeat in 1565 by the combined armies of the Deccan sultanates.  The empire is named after its capital city of Vijayanagara, whose ruins surround present day Hampi, now a World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India.  The writings of medieval European travelers such as Domingo Paes, Fernão Nunes, and Niccolò Da Conti, and the literature in local languages provide crucial information about its history.  Archaeological excavations at Vijayanagara have revealed the empire's power and wealth. The Aravidu Dynasty was the fourth and last Hindu dynasty which ruled Vijayanagara Empire in South India.  Its founder was Tirumala Deva Raya, whose brother Rama Raya had been the masterful regent of the last ruler of the previous dynasty.  Rama Raya's death at the Battle of Rakasa-Tangadi (also known as the Battle of Talikota) in 1565 led to the subsequent destruction of Vijayanagar by the combined forces of the Muslim states of Bijapur.
Answer: South India