Which of the following was referred to by Domingo Paes as the "House of Victory".
(A) Audience Hall
(B) Mahanavami Dibba
(C) Lotus Mahal
(D) Hazara Rama Temple
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (B) only
The “king’s palace” enclosure in the royal centre of Vijayanagara has two impressive platforms, usually called the “audience hall” and the “mahanavami dibba”.
(A) Audience Hall — Correct. Domingo Paes spoke of the audience hall and the mahanavami dibba together as the “House of Victory”: two platforms, one above the other, beautifully sculpted.
(B) Mahanavami Dibba — Correct. The mahanavami dibba, a massive platform on one of the highest points of the city, is the other part of Paes’s “House of Victory”.
(C) Lotus Mahal — Incorrect. The Lotus Mahal is another building of the royal centre; historians are not sure what it was used for, and one suggestion is that it may have been a council chamber. Paes does not call it the House of Victory.
(D) Hazara Rama Temple — Incorrect. The Hazara Rama temple is a temple in the royal centre, probably meant to be used only by the king and his family. It is not a part of the House of Victory.
NCERT (2026-27): “4.1 The mahanavami dibba … The ‘king’s palace’ is the largest of the enclosures but has not yielded definitive evidence of being a royal residence. It has two of the most impressive platforms, usually called the ‘audience hall’ and the ‘mahanavami dibba’. The entire complex is surrounded by high double walls with a street running between them. The audience hall is a high platform with slots for wooden pillars at close and regular intervals. It had a staircase going up to the second floor, which rested on these pillars. The pillars being closely spaced, would have left little free space and thus it is not clear what the hall was used for. Located on one of the highest points in the city, the ‘mahanavami dibba’ is a massive platform rising from a base of about 11,000 sq. ft to a height of 40 ft.…”
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