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What have been the methods used to study the ruins of Hampi over the last two centuries? In what way do you think they would have complemented the information provided by the priests of the Virupaksha temple?
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The engineer and antiquarian Colonel Colin Mackenzie brought the ruins of Hampi to light in 1800. He worked for many years in East India Company and prepared the first Survey maps of this site. His earlier information were based on the memories of priest of the Virupaksha temple and shrine of Pampadevi. From 1856 onwards, photographers started to record the pictures of monuments. The picture of the sites helped the scholars to study them. Dozens of inscription were collected from Virupaksha temples and other temples situated around temples.
Historians collected information from these sources other sources such as accounts of foreign travellers and literature composed in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Sanskrit languages used by the historians so that the History of the city could be reconstructed. These functions complemented the information given priests of Virupaksha temple.
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Another name of Vijayanagara city was ____________.
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Match the following.
| List I | List II |
| A. Colin Mackenzie | 1. Ambassador of the ruler of Persia |
| B. Dominago Paes | 2. First Surveyor General of India |
| C. Abdur Razzag | 3. Reconstructed the Vijayanagara Empire |
| D. JohnM Fritz | 4. Portuguese traveller to India |
Consider the following statements regarding the discovery of Hampi:
I. The ruins at Hampi were brought to light in 1800 by an engineer and antiquarian named Colonel Colin Mackenzie.
II. As early as 1836 epigraphists began collecting several dozen inscriptions found at this and other temples at Hampi.
III. In an effort to reconstruct the history of the city and the empire, historians collated information from these sources with accounts of foreign travellers and other literature written in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Sanskrit.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
Why was Vijayanagar named as Hampi? Select the appropriate option from the following:
