Medieval India› Vijayanagara and Regional Sultanates
What was the practice adopted by the Vijayanagar Kings to protect the inhabitants within a fortified area from starvation due to sieges by enemy armies ?
Answer c.
The answer is (c). The Vijayanagara rulers kept large stretches of cultivated land inside the fortified area, so the people could be fed during a long siege. The Vijayanagara capital was defended by several concentric lines of walls. Visitors' accounts, such as that of Abdur Razzaq (who visited in the 1440s), described seven lines of fortification, with cultivated fields, gardens and houses lying between the first, second and third walls. Because farmland lay inside the outer defences, the city could grow food even while an enemy army stayed outside. This is why the practice of including agricultural tracts within the fortified area is the one associated with protecting inhabitants from starvation during sieges.
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