Context:

• The first-ever epigraphical reference to the date of death of Vijayanagar king Krishnadevaraya has been discovered at Honnenahalli village in Tumakuru district.

Details:

• As per the inscription which was deciphered by scholars, Krishnadevaraya, one of the greatest emperors of India who ruled from the South, died on October 17, 1529, Sunday, and incidentally this day was marked by lunar eclipse.
• The inscription is engraved on a slab kept on the north side of Gopalakrishna temple at Honnenahalli in Tumakuru district and is written in Kannada language and characters.
• The inscription also registers the gift of the village Honnenahalli, situated in Tumakuru, for conducting worship and providing offerings to the god Veeraprasanna Hanumantha of Tumakuru by Timmappanna Nayaka along with some officials and inhabitants of Tumakuru.

About Krishnadevaraya:

• Krishna Devaraya was the emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire during 1509–1529.
• He was the third ruler of the Tuluva Dynasty and is considered to be its greatest ruler.
• He possessed the largest empire in India after the decline of the Delhi Sultanate.
• Krishnadevaraya earned the titles Kannada Rajya Rama Ramana (lit, "Lord of the Kannada empire"), Andhra Bhoja (lit, "Andhra Bhoja (Scholar) King") and Mooru Rayara Ganda (lit, "King of Three Kings").
• He became the dominant ruler of the peninsula of India 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 India.

https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/inscription-recording-krishnadevarayas-date-of-death-discovered/article33937180.ece

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