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Vijayanagar Empire

Tested in 2 real MPSC questions across 2 years (20152023). See it in context on the interactive Concept Graph →

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Dynasties of VijayanagarMedieval travellers to India

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खालीलपैकी कोणत्या शासनाच्या कालखंडात अब्दूल रज्जाक या फारशी प्रवाशाने विजयनगरला भेट दिली ? / Abdul Razzaq, a Persian traveller visited Vijayanagar during the period of which of the following rulers ?

a)हरीहर✓ Correct
b)कृष्णदेवराय
c)देवराय I
d)देवराय II

Persian traveller Abdul Razzaq visited Vijayanagar during the reign of Devaraya II of the Sangama dynasty, who was a prominent ruler of the empire.

उतरेकडील पुष्कळशा हिंदू निवा्रसितांना या राज्याने आणि शहराने आकर्षित केले. समकालीन वर्णनावरून असे वाटते की हे शहर श्रीमंत आणि खूप सुंदर असावे. अब्दूर रज्जाक म्हणतो, 'पृथ्वीतलावर इतरत्र कुठेही असे शहर डोळ्यांनी बघितले नाही, किंवा संपूर्ण पृथ्वीवर असे शहर आहे असे कानांनी ऐकले नाही.' या वाक्यांतून कोणत्या राज्याचा आणि शहराचा उल्लेख केला आहे ? / 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 ?

a)महाबलीपुरम् / Mahabalipurm
b)कोचीन / Cochin
c)विजयनगर / Vijayanagar✓ Correct
d)त्रावणकोर / Travancore

The traveler Abdur Razzak highly praised the wealth, beauty, and grandeur of the Vijayanagar empire and its capital city.