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An Imperial Capital : Vijayanagara
'Domingo Paes has called the Mahanavami Dibba of Vijayanagara Empire as 'The House of Victory'.' Justify.
The justifications:
(i) The entire complex is surrounded by high double walls with a street running between them.
(ii) The audience hall is a high platform with slots for wooden pillars at close and regular intervals.
(iii) It had stair case going up to to the second floor, which rested on pillars.
(iv) It was located on one of the highest points in the city.
(v) The base of the platform is covered with relief carvings.
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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.
How were the halls in Virupaksha Temple used ? Mention any two purposes.
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