While the Vijayanagara Empire under Achyuta Raya was wrestling with northern turmoil, constant friction with Bijapur, and Portuguese unease in the 1530s, the Mysore plateau remained a quiet, profitable hub for trade. Here, the local chieftain, Kempe Gowda, saw the empire's crisis as a rare opportunity and an indicator that the center would soon fail to hold. Ramjee Chandran details how Kempe Gowda shrewdly turned the empire's weakness into his own strength, resolving to build a new and independent trade city. Having earned the empire's trust, his petition to Achyuta Raya for permission to build a fort was swiftly granted. Between 1532 and 1537, this act of political foresight led to the founding and construction of the fort and township that he named Bengaluru.

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