July 11, 2026

The spiced rice dish Biryani shares its origins with biryan from back when much of Afghanistan was part of the Kabul and Qandahar Subahs. Southern India developed its own kinds in Hyderabad, Mangalore, Bhatkal, Thalassery, Ambur, Chettinad and which city on the Krishna river in Andhra Pradesh?

A Kolkata
B Vijayawada
C Delhi
D Palakkad

Vijayawada, on the Krishna river in Andhra Pradesh, has its own biryani style, alongside the more famous Hyderabad, Mangalore and Thalassery kinds. Biryani shares its origins with biryan from Kabul, back when much of Afghanistan was part of the Kabul and Qandahar Subahs.

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