these was named Hire Hanummappa Nayaka and Timmanna Nayaka, respectively. There were many battles in the reign of this Nayaka between Chitradurga, Harapanahalli, Rayadurga, and Bijapur , in all of which the Nayaka had splendid success. ( [9] ) Sri Krishnadevaraya was ruling over the Vijayanagar empire from 1509 AD to