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The king made a tank.. at the mouth of two hills so that all the water which comes from either one side or the other collects there; and, besides this, water comes to it from more than three leagues (approximately 15 kilometres) by pipes which run along the lower parts of the range outside. This water is brought from a lake which itself overflows into a little river. The tank has three large pillars handsomely carved with figures; these connect above with certain pipes by which they get water when they have to irrigate their gardens and rice fields. In order to make this tank, the said king broke down a hill... In the tank, I saw so many people at work that there must have been fifteen or twenty thousand men, looking like ants...
Arrange the following dynasties in their correct chronological order:
A. Aravidu
B. Tuluvas
C. Sangama
D. Saluva
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → C, D, B, A
(C) Sangama — the first dynasty of Vijayanagara, which exercised control till 1485.
(D) Saluva — military commanders who supplanted the Sangamas and remained in power till 1503.
(B) Tuluvas — they replaced the Saluvas in 1503; Krishnadeva Raya belonged to this dynasty.
(A) Aravidu — by 1542, after Krishnadeva Raya’s death, control at the centre shifted to the Aravidu, who remained in power till the end of the seventeenth century.
NCERT (2026-27): “2.2 The apogee and decline of the empire … Within the polity, claimants to power included members of the ruling lineage as well as military commanders. The first dynasty, known as the Sangama dynasty, exercised control till 1485. They were supplanted by the Saluvas, military commanders, who remained in power till 1503 when they were replaced by the Tuluvas. Krishnadeva Raya belonged to the Tuluva dynasty.… 2.2 The apogee and decline of the empire … Strain began to show within the imperial structure following Krishnadeva Raya’s death in 1529. His successors were troubled by rebellious nayakas or military chiefs. By 1542 control at the centre had shifted to another ruling lineage, that of the Aravidu, which remained in power till the end of the seventeenth century.…” |