Gangadevi

Gangadevi, also known as Gangambika, was a 14th-century princess and Sanskrit-language poet of the Vijayanagara Empire of present-day India.

Gangadevi was the wife of Veerakamparaya, son of the Vijayanagara monarch Bukka Raya I (c.

[1] Gangadevi chronicled the story of her husband's victory over the Turko-Persian Muslims of the Madurai Sultanate in the form of this poem,[2] which contains nine chapters and was named Madhura Vijayam, also known as Veerakamparaya Charitram.

[2][3][4] After the discovery of the documents, a Tamil version was published by Sri Krishnamacharya of Srirangam.

[2] Gangadevi is a key inspiration for Pampa Kampana, the protagonist of Salman Rushdie's novel Victory City.