Which of the following dynasties were related to the Vijayanagara Empire?

A. Sangama Dynasty
B. Aravidu Dynasty
C. Tuluva Dynasty
D. Suluva Dynasty
E. Hoysala Dynasty

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A, B, C, D only

The correct answer is Option (3) → A, B, C, D only

Dynasties related to the Vijayanagara Empire are:

A. Sangama Dynasty (Founded by Harihara I and Bukka Raya I)
B. Aravidu Dynasty (The Aravidu Dynasty was the last ruling dynasty of the Vijayanagara Empire)
C. Tuluva Dynasty (Known for its most famous ruler, Krishna Deva Raya.)
D. Suluva Dynasty (Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya was one of the notable rulers of this dynasty)

The Hoysala Dynasty (Option E) was not a part of the Vijayanagar Empire. It was a Kannadiga power which ruled most parts of Karnataka between the 10th and 14th centuries.

Vijayanagar Empire:

Within the polity, claimants to power included members of the ruling lineage as well as military commanders. The first dynasty, known as the Sangama dynasty, exercised control till 1485. They were supplanted by the Saluvas, military commanders, who remained in power till 1503 when they were replaced by the Tuluvas. Krishnadeva Raya belonged to the Tuluva dynasty

Strain began to show within the imperial structure following Krishnadeva Raya’s death in 1529. His successors were troubled by rebellious nayakas or military chiefs. By 1542 control at the centre had shifted to another ruling lineage, that of the Aravidu, which remained in power till the end of the seventeenth century. During this period, as indeed earlier, the military ambitions of the rulers of Vijayanagara as well as those of the Deccan Sultanates resulted in shifting alignments. Eventually this led to an alliance of the Sultanates against Vijayanagara. In 1565 Rama Raya, the chief minister of Vijayanagara, led the army into battle at Rakshasi-Tangadi (also known as Talikota), where his forces were routed by the combined armies of Bijapur, Ahmadnagar and Golconda. The victorious armies sacked the city of Vijayanagara. The city was totally abandoned within a few years. Now the focus of the empire shifted to the east where the Aravidu dynasty ruled from Penukonda and later from Chandragiri (near Tirupati).