In a London museum, a visitor stops before a copy of an oil painting dated to about 1825. It shows Colin Mackenzie, a surveyor of the English East India Company, with three Indian helpers, one of them holding a telescope. A panel beside it explains that the empire Mackenzie studied ruled much of the south for over two centuries. Its kings fought neighbouring powers on their northern frontier, and they left inscriptions and temples across the Krishna-Tungabhadra doab. The visitor wants to learn more about this empire and the people who recorded its story.
Contact between these competing states also led to a sharing of ideas. In which field was this sharing most marked?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Architecture
Option (1) Coinage — Incorrect. Coins circulated across states, but coinage is not the field singled out for shared ideas.
Option (2) Architecture — Correct. Interaction led to sharing of ideas especially in architecture. Vijayanagara rulers borrowed concepts and building techniques and developed them further.
Option (3) Land revenue — Incorrect. Revenue systems were not the field picked out for this exchange of ideas.
Option (4) Court language — Incorrect. Each court kept its own languages, so language was not the field of shared ideas.
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