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Q: Amuktamalyada is a work on________written by Krishnadevaraya.
  • A. Music
  • B. Statecraft
  • C. Dance
  • D. Medicine
Correct Answer: Option B - Krishnadevaraya, the most famous ruler of Vijayanagara, composed a work on statecraft in Telugu known as the Amuktamalyada. Amuktamalyada describes the story of the wedding of the Hindu Lord Ranganayaka an avatar of Vishnu and Goda Devi aka Andal the Tamil Alvar poet and daughter of Periyalvar, at Srirangam. Krishnadevaraya was the king of the Vijayanagara Empire reigning between 1509–1530. He was the third ruler of the Tuluva Dynasty and presided over the Vijayanagara empire at its zenith. Krishnadevaraya built huge irrigation tanks and reservoirs for harvesting rainwater.
B. Krishnadevaraya, the most famous ruler of Vijayanagara, composed a work on statecraft in Telugu known as the Amuktamalyada. Amuktamalyada describes the story of the wedding of the Hindu Lord Ranganayaka an avatar of Vishnu and Goda Devi aka Andal the Tamil Alvar poet and daughter of Periyalvar, at Srirangam. Krishnadevaraya was the king of the Vijayanagara Empire reigning between 1509–1530. He was the third ruler of the Tuluva Dynasty and presided over the Vijayanagara empire at its zenith. Krishnadevaraya built huge irrigation tanks and reservoirs for harvesting rainwater.

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Krishnadevaraya, the most famous ruler of Vijayanagara, composed a work on statecraft in Telugu known as the Amuktamalyada. Amuktamalyada describes the story of the wedding of the Hindu Lord Ranganayaka an avatar of Vishnu and Goda Devi aka Andal the Tamil Alvar poet and daughter of Periyalvar, at Srirangam. Krishnadevaraya was the king of the Vijayanagara Empire reigning between 1509–1530. He was the third ruler of the Tuluva Dynasty and presided over the Vijayanagara empire at its zenith. Krishnadevaraya built huge irrigation tanks and reservoirs for harvesting rainwater.