Who of the following rulers of medieval India gave permission to the Portuguese to build a fort at Bhatkal?
- A.Krishnadevaraya
- B.Narasimha Saluva
- C.Muhammad Shah III
- D.Yusuf Adil Shah
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Krishnadevaraya. The Vijayanagara ruler, keen on a steady supply of Arabian and Persian horses through the Portuguese, allowed them to build a fort at Bhatkal on the Kanara coast.
Krishnadevaraya of the Tuluva dynasty ruled from 1509 to 1529. His rivalry with the Bijapur Sultanate made the Portuguese useful allies: Afonso de Albuquerque seized Goa from Bijapur in 1510, and the two sides shared an interest in checking Bijapur and in the horse trade that fed Vijayanagara's cavalry. In return for his friendship, the Portuguese got permission to put up a fort at Bhatkal, an old port of coastal Karnataka. The Portuguese traveller Domingo Paes, who visited around 1520, left a vivid account of his capital.
B is wrong: Narasimha Saluva, founder of the Saluva dynasty, ruled from about 1485 to 1491, before the Portuguese reached India in 1498. C is wrong: Muhammad Shah III was a Bahmani sultan whose minister Mahmud Gawan was executed in 1481. D is wrong: Yusuf Adil Shah of Bijapur fought the Portuguese, who took Goa from him.
Exam tip: Albuquerque took Goa from Bijapur in 1510; Krishnadevaraya let the Portuguese fortify Bhatkal.
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