GyanGramQuestion
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?
PRELIMS 2015 · MEDIEVAL HISTORY
Who of the following founded a new city on the south bank of a tributary to river Krishna…
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• Harihara I founded Vijayanagara Empire in 1336 with Bukka Raya I.
• He established capital on Tungabhadra's south bank (Krishna tributary).
• He claimed to rule as agent (karyakarta) of Virupaksha, with land south of Krishna belonging to the deity. Amoghavarsha I was Rashtrakuta; Ballala II was Hoysala; Prataparudra II was Kakatiya.
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