Nayaks of Gingee
Rulers of Gingee, India from 16th to 18th century CE / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Nayaks of Gingee (Senji) were Telugu rulers of the Gingee principality of Tamil Nadu between 16th to 18th century CE.[1] The Gingee Nayaks had their origins in the Balija warrior clans of present-day Andhra Pradesh.[2] They were subordinates of the imperial Vijayanagara emperors, and were appointed as provincial governors by the Vijayanagar Emperor who divided the Tamil country into three Nayakships viz., Madurai, Tanjore and Gingee. Later, after the fall of the Vijayanagara's Tuluva dynasty, the Gingee rulers declared independence. While they ruled independently, they were sometimes at war with the Tanjore neighbors and the Vijayanagara overlords later based in Vellore and Chandragiri.
Gingee Nayak Kingdom | |||||||||||||
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1509–1649 | |||||||||||||
Capital | Gingee Fort | ||||||||||||
Common languages | Tamil, Telugu | ||||||||||||
Government | Governors under the Vijayanagara Empire Monarchy | ||||||||||||
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History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 1509 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1649 | ||||||||||||
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