Question

This state and city attracted many of the Hindu refugees from the North. From the contemporary accounts it appears that the city was rich and very beautiful. The city is such that eye has not seen nor ear heard of any place resembling it upon the whole earth', says Abdur Razzak. Which city and state get referred in these sentences ? 
1. Mahabalipurn
2. Cochin
3. Vijayanagar
4. Travancore

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Vijayanagar

The correct answer is Vijayanagar.

• Abdur Razzaq was an ambassador sent to India by the Sultan of Persia- Shahrukh.
• His narratives are rich and colourful and give a detailed description of Vijayanagara times.
• The Persian traveller Abdur Razzak who visited the capital city in the 15th century described the city with the following:
  • "The city of Vijayanagar is such that the pupil of the eye has never seen a place like it, and the ear of intelligence has never been informed that there existed anything to equal it in the world".
• Hence Option 3 is correct.