Who drew the map that suggests that the Lotus Mahal may have been a council chamber, where the king met his advisers?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Colin Mackenzie
Option (1) Abdur Razzaq — Incorrect. Abdur Razzaq was a fifteenth-century envoy from Persia who wrote a travel account of the city.
Option (2) Domingo Paes — Incorrect. Domingo Paes was a Portuguese visitor of the sixteenth century. He left a written account of the city and its markets.
Option (3) Fernao Nuniz — Incorrect. Fernao Nuniz was a Portuguese horse trader. His work is a written chronicle of the kings.
Option (4) Colin Mackenzie — Correct. Mackenzie, a surveyor of the early nineteenth century, prepared a map of the site. It suggests the Lotus Mahal may have been a council chamber.
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