- Praudha Raya
Praudha Raya (also known as Praudha Devaraya) was an unpopular king of
Vijayanagara Empire who ruled for a very short period of time being driven out of the capital by his able commanderSaluva Narasimha Deva Raya in 1485.He wrote Ratiratnapradipika, a book on erotics.
References
* Dr. Suryanath U. Kamat, Concise History of Karnataka, 2001, MCC, Bangalore (Reprinted 2002)
* Durga Prasad, History Andhras up to 1565 A. D., 1988, P.G. Publishers, Don Bosco School Press, GunturExternal links
* [http://www.aponline.gov.in/quick%20links/hist-cult/history_medieval.html APonline Article]
* [http://www.ourkarnataka.com/states/history/historyofkarnataka40.htm Ourkarnataka Article]
* [http://prabhu.50g.com/vijayngr/vij_sangama.html Sangama Article]
* [http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/grhf-asia/suchana/0603/brahmbhatt.html History of Sexual Medicine]###@@@KEYEND@@@###
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