{"id":2548,"date":"2025-05-03T21:58:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T16:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2548"},"modified":"2025-05-03T21:58:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T16:28:49","slug":"q-who-among-the-following-rulers-of-vijayanagara-empire-constructed-a-large-dam-across-tungabhadra-river-and-a-canal-cum-aqueduct-several-kilometres-long-from-the-river-to-the-capital-city-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-who-among-the-following-rulers-of-vijayanagara-empire-constructed-a-large-dam-across-tungabhadra-river-and-a-canal-cum-aqueduct-several-kilometres-long-from-the-river-to-the-capital-city-2","title":{"rendered":"Q. Who among the following rulers of Vijayanagara Empire constructed a large dam across Tungabhadra River and a canal-cum-aqueduct several kilometres long from the river to the capital city?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>Devaraya I<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mallikarjuna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vira Vijaya<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Virupaksha<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (a) Devaraya I<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes\">Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Deva Raya I\u00a0<\/strong>constructed a dam across the\u00a0<strong>Tungabhadra\u00a0<\/strong>so that he could bring the canals into the city to relieve the shortage of water.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It irrigated the neighbouring fields also, for we are told that the canals increased his revenues by 350,000 pardaos.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>He also built a dam on the river Haridra for irrigation purposes.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"deva-raya-i\">Deva Raya I<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Deva Raya I was the ruler of the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/vijayanagara-empire-upsc\/\">Vijayanagara Empire<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0from 1406 to 1422.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deva Raya I was a skilled leader known for his military abilities and support for irrigation projects in his kingdom.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He made the Vijayanagara army more modern by improving the cavalry, hiring skilled archers from Turkey, and strengthening his archers and horses from Arabia and Persia.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An Italian traveler named\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/foreign-travelers-who-visited-india-upsc\/\">Nicolo Conti<\/a><\/strong>, who visited Vijayanagara around 1420, greatly admired Deva Raya I.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deva Raya I also promoted Kannada literature and architecture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He had a\u00a0<strong>famous Jain poet named Madhura in his court<\/strong>, who had also served his father, King Harihara II.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He wrote a book in Kannada about the life of the fifteenth Jain Tirthankar, Dharmanatha, and a poem praising\u00a0<strong>Gommateshvara of Shravanabelagola<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>During his rule, the well-known\u00a0<strong>Hazare Rama temple<\/strong>\u00a0was constructed, showcasing excellent Deccan architecture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bhima Devi, one of Deva Raya\u2019s queens, was a student of Jain guru Abhinava Charukirti Panditacharya<\/strong>. She was devoted to Shantinatha, the 16th Jain tirthankara, and built a temple in Mangayi Basti in Shravanabelagola.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer: (a) Devaraya I Notes: Deva Raya I<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[41],"years":[50],"class_list":["post-2548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-medieval-history","years-50"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":41,"label":"Medieval History"}],"years":[{"value":50,"label":"2023"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":41,"name":"Medieval History","slug":"medieval-history","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":41,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":38,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2548\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2548"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}