A historian is mapping the fortress walls of Vijayanagara on a survey sheet. She finds that the outer circuits of wall do not stop at the palaces and temples. They run far out and enclose wide stretches of land well away from the main buildings, and the outermost wall links the hills around the city. To understand what lay inside these outer circuits, she turns to the accounts of two foreign visitors who saw the city when it was still standing.
Which two foreign visitors recorded what lay within these circuits of wall?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Abdur Razzaq and Paes
Abdur Razzaq, the Persian ambassador, noted cultivated fields, gardens and houses between the first, second and third walls, and Paes described the land from the first circuit onwards.
NCERT (2026-27): “3.2 Fortifications and roads … |