In Vijayanagara, water from which one of the following structures was conducted through the channel to the “royal centre”?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Kamalapuram tank
The most important tank of Vijayanagara, built in the early fifteenth century, is now called the Kamalapuram tank; its water irrigated the fields nearby and was also conducted through a channel to the ‘royal centre’.
NCERT (2026-27): “3.1 Water resources … As this 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’. One of the most prominent waterworks to be seen among the ruins is the Hiriya canal. This canal drew water from a dam across the Tungabhadra and irrigated the cultivated valley that separated the ‘sacred centre’ from the ‘urban core’.…” |