Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: An Imperial Capital: Vijayanagara

Question:

Which foreign traveller to the Vijayanagara Empire called the audience hall and the mahanavami dibba together as the "House of Victory"?

Options:

Nicolo de Conti

Abdur Razzaq

Afanasii Nikitin

Domingo Paes

Correct Answer:

Domingo Paes

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → Domingo Paes

" This is what Paes had to say about the audience hall and the mahanavami dibba, which together he called the “House of Victory”: These buildings have two platforms one above the other, beautifully sculpted … On the upper platform … in this House of Victory the king has a room made of cloth … where the idol has a shrine ... and in the other in the middle is placed a dais on which stands a throne of state, (the crown and the royal anklet) …".