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An Imperial Capital : Vijayanagara
Why were the water resources of the Vijayanagara Empire developed ? Give reasons.
The reasons for developing water resources of Vijayanagara were:
(i)The natural basin formed by the Tungabhadra which flows in a north –easterly direction hills surrounds this and a number of streams flow down to the river from these hills.
(ii)Embankments were built along the streams to create reservoirs of varying sizes.
(iii)As Vijayanagara was in one of the most arid zones of the peninsula , elaborate water arrangements had to be made to store rain water and conduct it to the city.
(iv)Kamalapuram tank not only irrigated fields nearby but water was also conducted through a channel to the “royal centre”.
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What impression of the lives of the ordinary people of Vijayanagara can you cull from the various descriptions in the chapter?
On an outline map of the world, mark approximately Italy, Portugal, Iran and Russia.Trace the routes the travellers mentioned on p.176 would have taken to reach Vijayanagara.
Find out more about any one of the major cities which flourished in the subcontinent during c. fourteenth-seventeenth centuries. Describe the
architecture of the city. Are there any features to suggest that these were political centres? Are there buildings that were ritually significant? Is there
an area for commercial activities? What are the features that distinguish the urban layout from that of surrounding areas?
Give a brief description of Lotus Mahal, situated in the Royal Centre in the Vijayanagara empire.
Mention two characteristic features of the temple complexes in Vijayanagara.
Mention any two ceremonies performed on the occasion of Mahanavami dibba.
Who were 'amaranayakas1 on Vijayanagara Empire? Mention any one function they performed.
Mention any two features about the location of the city ofVijayanagara.
Mention two features of the Hazara Rama Temple in Royal Centre.
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