Which one of the following dynasties ruled under the suzerainty of Kingdom of Vijayanagar ?
- A.Sangamas, Saluvas, Tuluvas and Aravidus
- B.Sangamas, Hoysalas, Aravidus and Tuluvas
- C.Hoysalas, Saluvas, Poligars and Sangamas
- D.Yadavas of Devagiri, Hoysalas, Saluvas and Aravidus
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Sangamas, Saluvas, Tuluvas and Aravidus. These four dynasties ruled the Vijayanagara empire one after another.
Harihara I and Bukka I of the Sangama dynasty founded Vijayanagara in 1336 on the banks of the Tungabhadra. Saluva Narasimha took the throne around 1485 and began the Saluva line. Vira Narasimha founded the Tuluva dynasty around 1505, and its most famous ruler, Krishnadevaraya (1509 to 1529), took the empire to its peak. After the defeat at Talikota in 1565, Tirumala founded the Aravidu dynasty, which ruled from Penukonda and later Chandragiri until the empire faded in the seventeenth century.
B is wrong: the Hoysalas were an earlier kingdom with its capital at Dwarasamudra; they ended before Vijayanagara rose.
C is wrong: it includes the Hoysalas, and the Poligars (Palaiyakkarars) were local military chiefs, not a ruling dynasty of the empire.
D is wrong: the Yadavas of Devagiri and the Hoysalas were kingdoms of the Deccan that Alauddin Khalji's forces overran before 1336.
Exam tip: Vijayanagara's dynasties in order are Sangama, Saluva, Tuluva, Aravidu, remembered as S-S-T-A.
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