Vijaynagara And Bahmani Flashcards
Name the four dynasties in order that ruled over vijaynagar empire
Sangama
Saluva
Tuluva
Aravidu
From 1336-1672
Harihara and bukkaraya emerged from the army of ____ empire
Hoysala
Who were the founders of vijaynagar?
Harihara and bukka raya 1
Name the vapitals of vijaynagara in order
Anegondi
Vijaynagar
Penukonda
Name rulers of sangam dynasty of vijaynagara empire
Harihara 1
Bukka raya 1
Harihara 2
Dev raya 1
Dev raya 2
Gaja betekara title was adopted by which vijaynagar ruler?
Dev raya 2
Virupaksha temple at _____ was built by ____ where virupaksha is a form of _____
Hampi, dev raya 2, shiva
Bhatkal fort was built by ?
Portugese with the permission of krishna deva raya in return for military support
Krishna deva raya followed jaininsm, true or false?
False, he was a vaishnavite
Which south indian ruler is referred to as andhra bhoja ?
Krishna deva raya
Manucharitam was written by ?
Allassani pedanna - one of ashtadiggajas of Kishna deva raya
Tenali ramakrishna was found in the court of ?
He was one of ashtadiggajas of krishna deva raya
Mallanarya was ?
Kannada scholar in court of krishna deva raya
Haridasa was a tamil poet in court of ?
Krishna deva raya
Amukhtamalyadha - poetry in ____ language by ____
Telugu by krishna deva raya
A sanskrit drama written by krishna deva raya - based on one of 8 principle queen consorts of lord krishna. What was its name?
Jambavati kalyanam
Ushaparinayam was written in ___ by ____
Sanskrit, krishna deva raya
Vitthalswamy temple was built by ???
Krishna deva raya
Hazara ramaswami temple was built at vijaynagar by
Krishna deva raya
Which traveller compared hampi with rome?
Domingo paes - portugese
Pillared hall of virupaksha temple and kamalapura tank was built by
Krishna deva raya
The new city of nagalapuram was built by
Krishna deva raya
Battle of talaikotta aka rakshas tangadi aka battle of bannihatti was fought between
Aliya rama raya (successor of KDR) v/s bijapur + ahmadnagar +Bidar + golconda + berar in 1565
Vijaynagar empire was replaced by smaller principalities after being defeated in the battle of talaikotta. True or false ?
False. It was weakened but continued under aravidu dynasty
Aravidu dynasty founder?
Tirumala deva raya
Third capital of vijaynagar - penukonda was founded by ___ to replace ___
Tirumala deva raya of araividu dynasty, to replace the destroyed city of hampi
Hampi is situated on the basin of?
Krishna-tungabhadra basin
Which if these foreign travellers visited vijaynagara ?
Ibn battuta
Nicolo de conti
Abdur razzak
Domingo paes
Nikitin
Fernao nuniz
All of the above
Fernao nuniz was an italian traveller in the court of dev raya 2 who wrote that even kings of malaya paid tribute to vijaynagara. True or false ?
Fernao nuniz was portugese. Rest is correct
Kottam unit of administration under vijaynagara was the equivalent of ___
Village
City
Town
District
State
Ward
District
Sthala / kampana in vijaynagar admin ?
Ward/ municipality
District in vijaynagar was also called
Vishaya
Vente
Kottam
Nadu in vijaynagar ?
City/block
Head of kottam was called ?
Amarnayaka
How did the naykara system of vijaynagar work?
It was an administrative mechanism that drew inspiration from iqta system
Governor of periphery had full autonomy - only paid tribute as a symbolic homage
Hampi buildings were built by using - 1. Cementing agent 2. Interlocking ?
Interlocking
Name 2 dams built in vijaynagar empire
Korangal dam - krishna deva raya
Anantraj sagar tank on river maldevi
Krishna deva raya drew inspiration for hampi stone chariot from __?
Konark stone chariot
Mahanayacharya in vijaynagara performed the duty of __?
Mediation between village and centre
Which empire made military training compulsory for all high ranking officials?
Vijaynagara
Vijaynagar was the first empire in india to use long range artillery - true or false?
True
Amaram??
Land grants in lieu of salary during vijaynagara
Nayaks/poligars?
Top grade army officers in vijaynagara
Temples were exempted from taxation during vijaynagara. True or false?
False. They were taxed to cover military expenses
Practices like sati, polygamy, devadasi, prostitution were prohibited in the vijaynagara empire. True or false?
False.
Nuniz informs that devdasi, prostitution, sati, polygamy, dowry continued in vijaynagara.
But women also took up activities such as admin, business, trade, fine arts, writing, wrestling, astrology, slerk, judges, accountants, guards
Caste mobility was present or absent in vijaynagara?
Present
Court languages of vjaynagara?
Kannada, telugu
Yali?
Mythical horses drawn on tall rayagopurams
Vijaynagara was rich in gold and silver but imported precious stones especially diamong. True or false?
False. Vijaynagara was famou for export of diamond
Hasan gangu bahamani set up independent bahmani kingdom by revolting against ____
Mohd bin tughlaq
Capitals of bahmani?
Gulbarga
Bidar (ahmad wali shah)
Bahmani kingdom disintegrated into 5 independent sultanates called _____
Ahmadnagar
Berar
Bidar
Bijapur
Golconda
Taraf?
Provinces under bahmani kingdom - bidar, daulatabad, berar, gulbarga
Golgumbaz was built by ___
Mohd adil shah aka whispering gallery
Who was the founder of hyderabad ?
Mohd quli qutub shah - built charminar
Court language of bahmani ?
Dakhani
Saliyars/kaikkolars?
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