The Vijayanagara Empire declines in the late fifteenth century until the serious attempts by commander Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya in 1485 and by general Tuluva Narasa Nayaka in 1491 to reconsolidate the empire.The Saluva dynasty was created by the Saluvas, who by historical tradition were natives of the Kalyani region of northern Karnataka in modern India.

The Gorantla inscription traces their origins to this region from the time of the Western Chalukyas and Kalachuris of Karnataka.

The term "Saluva" is known to lexicographers as "hawk" used in hunting.

They later spread into the east coast of modern Andhra Pradesh, perhaps by migration or during the Vijayanagara conquests during the fourteenth century.

The earliest known Saluva from inscriptional evidence in the Vijayanagara era was Mangaldeva, the great grandfather of Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya.

Mangaldeva played an important role in the victories of King Bukka Raya I against the Sultanate of Madurai.

His descendants founded the Saluva Dynasty and are one of the ruling lines of the Vijayanagara Empire of Southern India.

Three kings rule from 1485 to 1505 after which the Tuluva Dynasty claims the throne.

They rule almost the entire South India with Vijaynagara as their capital.In 1509, after nearly two decades of conflict with rebellious chieftains, the empire comes under the rule of Krishna Deva Raya, the son of Tuluva Narasa Nayaka.