Which of the following statements are correct about the 'Vijayanagara Empire'?

A) The name "Vijayanagara," means the "city of victory,".
B) The name "Vijayanagara" applied only to an empire, not a city.
C) This empire was established in the fifteenth century.
D) In 1565, the city was ransacked and subsequently abandoned.
E) Oral traditions, archaeological discoveries, inscriptions etc. aided scholars in rediscovering the Empire.

Choose the correct answer from the given options:

A, D and E

The correct answer is Option 2 - A, D and E

The correct statements about the Vijayanagara Empire are:

A) The name "Vijayanagara," means the "city of victory,".
D) In 1565, the city was ransacked and subsequently abandoned.
E) Oral traditions, archaeological discoveries, inscriptions etc. aided scholars in rediscovering the Empire.

Corrections in the incorrect statements:

B) The name "Vijayanagara" applied only to an empire, not a city- The name "Vijayanagara," meaning the "city of victory," APPLIED TO BOTH a city and an empire.

C) This empire was established in the fifteenth century-  This empire, established in the FOURTEENTH century.

The name "Vijayanagara," meaning the "city of victory," applied to both a city and an empire. This empire, established in the FOURTEENTH century, once extended from the northern banks of the river Krishna to the southernmost part of the Indian peninsula. However, in 1565, the city was ransacked and subsequently abandoned. Although it gradually decayed during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the memory of Vijayanagara endured among the people residing in the Krishna-Tungabhadra doab. They remembered it by the name "Hampi," which derived from the local mother goddess, Pampadevi. These oral traditions, coupled with archaeological discoveries, preserved monuments, inscriptions, and other historical records, aided scholars in the rediscovery of the Vijayanagara Empire.