Who of the following founded a new city on the south bank of a tributary to river Krishna and undertook to rule his new kingdom as the agent of a deity to whom all the land south of the river Krishna was supposed to belong? (UPSC, 2015)

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Correct answer: Harihara I. Ans: C Exp: Vijayanagara Kingdom Vijayanagara or the “city of victory” empire was founded in the fourteenth century by Harihara and Bukka (1336). It encompassed the entire Krishna- Tungabhadra Doab peninsula, extending from the river Krishna in the north to its furthest southern point. In the memories of people living in the Hampi district of the Krishna Tungabhadra doab, they remembered it as Pampadevi, a name derived from that of the local mother goddess.

Who of the following founded a new city on the south bank of a tributary to river Krishna and undertook to rule his new kingdom as the agent of a deity to whom all the land south of the river Krishna was supposed to belong? (UPSC, 2015)

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