Who brought the ruins at ‘Hampi’ to light in 1800 CE?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Colin Mackenzie
The ruins at Hampi were brought to light in 1800 by Colonel Colin Mackenzie, an engineer and antiquarian employed by the English East India Company. He prepared the first survey map of the site. Mackenzie later became the first Surveyor General of India, in 1815.
Note: A same/similar question was asked in CUET (UG) in the papers below.
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* A similar question.
NCERT (2025-26): “…Although it fell into ruin in the seventeenth-eighteenth centuries, it lived on in the memories of people living in the Krishna-Tungabhadra doab. They remembered it as Hampi, a name derived from that of the local mother goddess, Pampadevi. These oral traditions combined with archaeological finds, monuments and inscriptions and other records helped scholars to rediscover the Vijayanagara Empire.… 1. The Discovery of Hampi … The ruins at Hampi were brought to light in 1800 by an engineer and antiquarian named Colonel Colin Mackenzie. An employee of the English East India Company, he prepared the first survey map of the site.…” |