Hari Hara I co-founded the Vijayanagara Empire alongside his brother Bukka Raya I after both had served — and apparently converted — under the Sultanate of Delhi before defecting south under disputed circumstances. Whether their return to Hindu rule was a genuine reconversion or a calculated political move remains argued. The empire they established at Hampi would hold the Deccan against Bahmani Sultanate pressure for over two centuries, but these early copper kasu issues predate the kingdom's mature administrative machinery by decades.
Hari Hara I co-founded the Vijayanagara Empire alongside his brother Bukka Raya I after both had served — and apparently converted — under the Sultanate of Delhi before defecting south under disputed circumstances. Whether their return to Hindu rule was a genuine reconversion or a calculated political move remains argued. The empire they established at Hampi would hold the Deccan against Bahmani Sultanate pressure for over two centuries, but these early copper kasu issues predate the kingdom's mature administrative machinery by decades.