Which foreign traveller to the Vijayanagara Empire called the audience hall and the mahanavami dibba together as the "House of Victory"?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
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) …".