Who of the following founded a new city on the south bank of a tributary to river Krishna and undertook to rule his new kingdom as the agent of a deity to whom all the land south of the river Krishna was supposed to belong?
- A. Amoghavarsha I
- B. Ballala II
- C. Harihara I
- D. Prataparudra II
Answer: C
Explanation
Vijayanagara or “city of victory” was the name of both a city and an empire. The empire was founded in the fourteenth century. In its heyday it stretched from the river Krishna in the north to the extreme south of the peninsula, in the Krishna-Tungabhadra doab. It was founded by Harihara and Bukka, in 1336. In the memories of people living in the Krishna-Tungabhadra doab, they remembered it as Hampi, a name derived from that of the local mother goddess, Pampadevi.