Question

Harihara and Bukka, the founders of the Empire of Vijayanagar; named their dynasty as_________
A)Sangama
B)Saluva
C)Tuluva
D)Aravidu

Answer 1

Hint: The Vijayanagara Empire was based within the Deccan Plateau region in South

Vijayanagar, a great ruined city in southern India and also the name of the empire, ruled first from that city and later from Penukonda between 1336 and about 1614.

Complete answer:
The Sangama dynasty was founded by Harihara and Bukka. Their father had been taken as prisoner in 1327 by Muhammad bin Tughluq. They founded the Vijayanagara empire in 1336.

Mangaldeva played a crucial role in the victories of King Bukka Raya I against the Sultanate of Madurai. His descendants founded the Saluva Dynasty and were one among the ruling lines of the Vijayanagara Empire of Southern India.

Tuluva Narasa Nayaka was the founding father of the Tuluva dynasty of the Vijayanagara Empire. He was the father of emperor Krishnadevaraya.

Aravidu dynasty is the fourth and last dynasty of the Hindu empire of Vijayanagar. Its founding father was Tirumala, whose brother Rama Raya had been the masterful regent of the Sadasiva Raya of the Tuluva dynasty.

Hence, the correct answer is option (A)

Note: The Vijayanagara city and its first dynasty were founded in 1336 by five sons of Sangama, of whom Harihara and Bukka became the city’s first kings. In time Vijayanagara empire became the greatest and important empire of southern India. By serving as a barrier against invasion by the Muslim sultanates of the north, it fostered the reconstruction of Hindu life and administration after the disorders and disunities of the 12th and 13th centuries.