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?
- (a) Amoghavarsha I
- (b) Ballala II
- (c) Harihara I ✓ UPSC's answer
- (d) Prataparudra II
Why the answer is (c)
• Harihara I, with his brother Bukka, founded Vijayanagara in 1336 on the south bank of the Tungabhadra (a tributary of the Krishna) near Hampi, and ruled as the deputy of the god Virupaksha, in whose name all land south of the Krishna was held — option (c).
• Amoghavarsha I (a) was a Rashtrakuta king, Ballala II (b) a Hoysala, Prataparudra II (d) a Kakatiya.
• Hence option (c).
Why the other options are wrong
- (a) Amoghavarsha I
- Amoghavarsha was a Rashtrakuta ruler of Manyakheta.
- (b) Ballala II
- Ballala II was a Hoysala ruler of Dwarasamudra.
- (d) Prataparudra II
- Prataparudra II was a Kakatiya ruler of Warangal.
Asked in the GS Paper I of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2015, held on 23 August 2015. Question and answer key: Union Public Service Commission. Explanation: UPSC Answer Check.