Who amongst the following is associated with the study of Hampi?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → M.S. Nagaraja
M.S. Nagaraja Rao, with John M. Fritz and George Michell, worked for years at the site of Vijayanagara (Hampi).
NCERT (2026-27): “…It is worth remembering something that John M. Fritz, George Michell and M.S. Nagaraja Rao, who worked for years at the site, wrote: ‘In our study of these monuments of Vijayanagara we have to imagine a whole series of vanished wooden elements – columns, brackets, beams, ceilings, overhanging eaves, and towers – decorated with plaster and painted, perhaps brightly.’ Although wooden structures are lost, and only stone structures survive, the descriptions left by travellers allow us to reconstruct some aspects of the vibrant life of the times.” |