Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: An Imperial Capital: Vijayanagara

Question:

From which of the following sources did Colin Mackenzie receive his initial information regarding Hampi?

Options:

Memories of priests of the Virupaksha temple.

Shrine of Pampadevi.

Options 1 and 2.

Neither 1 nor 2.

Correct Answer:

Options 1 and 2.

Explanation:

The ruins at Hampi were brought to light in 1800 by an engineer and antiquarian named Colonel Colin Mackenzie. An employee of the English East India Company, he prepared the first survey map of the site. Much of the initial information he received was based on the memories of priests of the Virupaksha temple and the shrine of Pampadevi.