Question

The remains of the Vijayanagar empire can be found in 
1. Bijapur
2. Golconda
3. Hampi
4. Baroda

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Hampi

The correct answer is Hampi.

• The remains of the Vijaynagar Empire were found at Hampi, Karnataka.
• Hampi have been designated as a UNESCO world heritage site in 1986.
• Vijayanagara is in the eastern part of central Karnataka, close to the Andhra Pradesh border.

• The first-ever epigraphical reference (an inscription) to the date of death of Vijayanagar king Krishnadevaraya has been discovered at Honnenahalli in the Tumakuru district, Karnataka.
• Krishnadevaraya was the ruler of the Tuluva dynasty of the Vijayanagar empire.
  • He also founded a suburban township near Vijayanagar called Nagalapuram after his mother.
  • He composed a work on statecraft in Telugu known as the Amuktamalyada.
• Vijayanagara is also known as the “city of victory”.
• This empire was founded in the fourteenth century (1336 AD) by Harihara and Bukka of the Sangama dynasty.
  • They made Hampi the capital city.
• Vijayanagar Empire was ruled by four important dynasties and they are Sangama, Saluva, Tuluva, Aravidu.