On the banks of the Tungabadra River in Southern India sits the magnificent ruins of Hampi, a city which was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565. Sacked by Muslim invaders in 1565, it was a thriving metropolis of 250,000 people. A Unesco World Heritage site, this city in its heyday was bigger than Baghdad, Istanbul and Rome.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Hampi
On the banks of the Tungabadra River in Southern India sits the magnificent ruins of Hampi, a city which was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565. Sacked by Muslim invaders in 1565, it was a thriving metropolis of 250,000 people. A Unesco World Heritage site, this city in its heyday was bigger than Baghdad, Istanbul and Rome.
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