Read the passage and answer the questions:

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...

What was the name of the most important tank that was built in the 15th century under the Vijayanagara Empire?
1. Hiriya
2. Kamalapuram
3. Amuktamalyada
4. Mahanavami Dibba

2

The most important tank that was built in the early years of the fifteenth century is Kamalapuram tank. Water from this tank not only irrigated fields nearby but was also conducted through a channel to the “royal centre”.