Vijayanagara and Bahmani Kingdoms Quiz — 7 Free Questions

Question 1

What year did the Vijayanagara Empire suffer its final, decisive defeat at Talikota?

Question 2

What overall picture does this founding background give of the fourteenth-century Deccan?

Question 3

What dynasty succeeded the Saluva dynasty in 1505?

Question 4

What genuinely unusual feature makes the Gulbarga Jama Masjid stand apart from most other Indian mosques?

Question 5

What powerful minister, ruling in the name of a weak later king, led Vijayanagara into its final battle?

Question 6

What general's son, Vira Narasimha, actually founded the Tuluva dynasty?

Question 7

What river did the new city of Vijayanagara stand on the southern bank of?

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About Vijayanagara and Bahmani Kingdoms

In the fourteenth century, as the Delhi Sultanate's grip on the south weakened, two powerful new kingdoms rose almost side by side in the Deccan. One, the Vijayanagara Empire, was founded by the brothers Harihara and Bukka in 1336. The other, the Bahmani Kingdom, was founded just eleven years later by Ala-ud-din Bahman Shah. For over two centuries, these two kingdoms fought, traded, and shaped each other's history. This quiz covers both in real depth.

It starts with each kingdom's own founding, then follows the Vijayanagara Empire through its Sangama, Saluva, and Tuluva dynasties, right up to Krishnadeva Raya's glittering reign and the empire's eventual defeat at the Battle of Talikota in 1565. It covers the empire's own Nayankara system of administration, its lucrative horse trade, and the magnificent ruins of Hampi, from the Virupaksha temple to the famous stone chariot.

The quiz gives the Bahmani Kingdom the same close attention: its capital at Gulbarga and later Bidar, its ablest minister, Mahmud Gawan, and his own remarkable madrasa. It closes by tracing the Bahmani Kingdom's eventual break-up into the five Deccan Sultanates, Bijapur, Ahmadnagar, Golconda, Bidar, and Berar, whose combined armies would one day meet Vijayanagara on the battlefield at Talikota.