The correct answer is Option (4) → Travellers' accounts and inscriptions
After Mackenzie's first surveys, scholars built up the picture of Vijayanagara from travellers' accounts and inscriptions.
NCERT (2026-27): “6. Plotting Palaces, Temples and Bazaars
We have been examining a wealth of information on Vijayanagara – photographs, plans, elevations of structures and sculpture. How was all of this produced? After the initial surveys by Mackenzie, information was pieced together from travellers’ accounts and inscriptions. Through the twentieth century, the site was preserved by the Archaeological Survey of India and the Karnataka Department of Archaeology and Museums. In 1976, Hampi was recognised as a site of national importance. Then, in the early 1980s, an important project was launched to document the material remains at Vijayanagara in detail, through extensive and intensive surveys, using a variety of recording techniques. Over nearly twenty years, dozens of scholars from all over the world worked to compile and preserve this information. …” |
