Question

With the decline of the Vijayanagar Empire, the trade of the Potuguese declined.
A. True
B. False

Answer 1

Hint:In the Deccan Plateau area in South India, the Vijayanagara Empire (also called the Karnata Empire and the Kingdom of Bisnegar by the Portuguese was centred.
The brothers Harihara I and Bukka Raya I of the Sangama dynasty, members of a pastoralist cowherd community that claimed the Yadava lineage, founded it in 1336.

Complete answer:
Trade with portuguese declined after fall of Vijayanagar empire.
King Krishnadeva Raya invited Western countries to trade. He had a cordial relationship with the Portuguese, who had founded trade centres on India's western coast at that time. After Krishnadevaraya died, the controversies over the succession of the throne, the unity of the Deccan Sultanates, the crucial errors made by Rama Raya, the loss of Vijayanagara at the Battle of Talikota, the sacking and devastation of Hampi, and the rebellious provincial governors/Nayakas all led to the fall of the empire of Vijayanagar.
With the fall of the Vijayanagar Empire, the trade of the Portuguese also declined. Portugal being too small a country to sustain the enormous burden of a trading colony located in a distant region, their reputation as infamous sea pirates created enmity in the minds of the native rulers, among the many reasons for the decline of Portuguese power in India.

Hence, the correct option is (Option A).

Note:In modern Karnataka, India, the kingdom is named after its capital city of Vijayanagara, now Hampi. It started in 1336 and ended in 1660, though it began to lose its influence in the last century.
Over 7000 inscriptions belonging to the Empire of Vijayanagara have been discovered. They are available in different languages, including Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, etc.