Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions following it.

The Vijayanagara kings knew how to secure the goodwill of the people and by their liberal policy they "conduced towards bringing peace and plenty into the kingdom". "A crowned king", writes Krishna Deva Raya in his Amuktamalyada, "should always rule with an eye towards Dharma".

He further states that "a king should rule collecting around him people skilled in state craft, should investigate the mines yielding precious metals. In his kingdom and extract the same, should levy taxes from people moderately, should counter Act at acts of his enemies by crushing them with force, should be friendly, should protect one and all of his subjects, should put an end to the mixing up of the castes among them, should always try to increase the merit of the Brahmanas, should strengthen his fortress and lessen the growth of the undesirable things and should be ever mindful of the purification of his cities......"