Who among the following rulers of Vijayanagara Empire constructed a large dam across Tungabhadra River and a canal-cum-aqueduct several kilometres long from the river to the capital city?
- A.Devaraya I
- B.Mallikarjuna
- C.Vira Vijaya
- D.Virupaksha
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Devaraya I. He built a large dam on the Tungabhadra and a long canal-cum-aqueduct that brought its water to the capital, Vijayanagara.
Devaraya I of the Sangama dynasty ruled from about 1406 to 1422. To supply the growing city and its fields, he had a dam thrown across the Tungabhadra and water carried several kilometres to the capital; the Italian traveller Nicolo de Conti, who visited during his reign, described the splendour of the city. Irrigation works were a mark of Vijayanagara rule, and many tanks and canals in the Hampi region date from this period.
B is wrong: Mallikarjuna was a weak later Sangama ruler of the mid-fifteenth century, remembered for losses to the Gajapatis and the Bahmanis. C is wrong: Vira Vijaya ruled only briefly after Devaraya I and is not linked with this work. D is wrong: Virupaksha II was the last ruler of the Sangama line, whose misrule led to Saluva Narasimha taking over.
Exam tip: Devaraya I = Tungabhadra dam and canal, Nicolo de Conti; Devaraya II = Abdur Razzaq.
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