UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 2022 · Q7(c) · 20 marks
The prolonged conflict between the Vijayanagara Kingdom and the Bahmani successor states was influenced less by cultural factors, and more by strategic and economic considerations. Comment.
- Chapter
- The Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century-Political
- Topic
- Vijayanagara: Rise, Polity and Krishnadevaraya
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