Which of the following literary compositions serve as sources of the history of the Vijayanagar Empire?
1. Ratnavali
2. Manucharitam
3. Kavyamimansa
4. Amukthamalyada
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
1, 2 and 4 only
2, 3 and 4 only
2 and 4 only
1 and 3 only
• The sources for the study of Vijayanagar are varied, such as literary, archaeological and numismatics.
• Krishnadevaraya’s Amukthamalyada, Gangadevi’s Maduravijayam and Allasani Peddanna’s Manucharitam are some of the indigenous literature of this period. Many foreign travellers visited the Vijayanagar Empire and their accounts are also valuable.
• The Moroccan traveller, Ibn Battuta, Venetian traveller Nicolo de Conti, Persian traveller Abdur Razzaq and the Portuguese traveller Domingo Paes were among these who left valuable accounts on the socio-economic conditions of the Vijayanagar Empire.
• Ratnavali is a Sanskrit drama about a beautiful princess named Ratnavali and a great king named Udayana. It is attributed to the Indian emperor Harsha.
• The text Kavyamimamsa is a work on poetics written during 880–920 AD. It is written by Rajashekhara, who was a court poet of the Pratihara dynasty.
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