Q. 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?
- Amoghavarsha I
- Ballala II
- Harihara I
- Prataparudra II
Answer: (c) Harihara I
Notes:
Harihara I
- Harihara I was the founder of the Vijayanagara Empire.
- His initial military exploits and established his control over the valley of Tungabhadra River (a tributary of Krishna), and gradually he expanded his control to certain regions of Konkan and Malabar Coast.
- The death of the last ruler of Madurai, Veera Ballala III and the vacuum created facilitated Harihara I to emerge as a sovereign power.
- The entire Hoysala territories came under his rule directly.
Amoghavarsha I
- Amoghavarsha I was a famous king of the Rashtrakuta Dynasty.
- The reign of Amoghavarsha is from 800 to 878 AD (though some scholars say that his reign was 62 years), one of the longest reigns.
- Amoghavarsha was a patron of the Jains and liberally patronized the Digambara sect of Jains.
Veera Ballal III
- Veera Ballal III was Hoysala ruler of Dwarasamudra.
- He was defeated by Allauddin Khilji’s army.
Prataparudra II
- Pratāparudra, also known as Rudradeva II.
- He was the last ruler of the Kakatiya dynasty of India.
- He ruled the eastern part of Deccan, having its capital at Warangal.
- He succeeded his grandmother Rudramadevi as the Kakatiya monarch.