MORNING BREAKFAST THEN TOWARDS TO HAMPI
Hampi was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565 (as Vijayanagara), when it
was abandoned.[3] It was a fortified city. Chronicles left by Persian and European travellers,
particularly the Portuguese, say that Hampi was a prosperous, wealthy and grand city near the
Tungabhadra River, with numerous temples, farms and trading markets. Hampi-Vijayanagara is
estimated to be the world's second-largest city by 1500, after Beijing, and probably India's richest
at that time, attracting traders from Persia and Portugal.
[7][8] The Vijayanagara Empire was defeated
by a coalition of Muslim sultanates; its capital was conquered, pillaged and destroyed by Muslim
armies in 1565, after which Hampi remained in ruins.
Located in Karnataka near the small modern town of Hampi with the city of Hosapete 13
kilometres (8.1 miles) away, Hampi's ruins are spread over 4,100 hectares (16 sq mi) and it has
been described by UNESCO as an "austere, grandiose site" of more than 1,600 surviving remains
of the last great Hindu kingdom in South India that includes "forts, riverside features, royal and
sacred complexes, temples, shrines, pillared halls, mandapas, memorial structures, water structures
and others".
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