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What is the name of the tank constructed in Vijayanagar in the fifteenth century used for irrigating fields and was also conducted through a channel to the royal center? |
Hiriya tank Kamalapuram tank Tungabhadra tank None of the above |
Kamalapuram tank |
The correct answer is Option 2 - Kamalapuram tank. As Vijayagar is one of the most arid zones of the peninsula, elaborate arrangements had to be made to store rainwater and conduct it to the city. The most important such tank was built in the early years of the fifteenth century and is now called Kamalapuram tank. Water from this tank not only irrigated fields nearby but was also conducted through a channel to the “royal centre”. |