Hampi | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-17

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Hampi


00:01:42 1 Location
00:02:34 2 Texts and history
00:04:46 2.1 Ancient to 14th century CE
00:06:16 2.2 14th century and after
00:09:26 2.3 Archaeological site
00:11:48 3 Description
00:14:04 3.1 Hindu monuments
00:14:12 3.1.1 Virupaksha temple and market complex
00:17:46 3.1.2 Krishna temple, market, Narasimha and linga
00:20:08 3.1.3 Achyutaraya temple and market complex
00:21:31 3.1.4 Vitthala temple and market complex
00:24:23 3.1.5 Hemakuta hill monuments
00:27:42 3.1.6 Hazara Rama temple
00:29:27 3.1.7 Kodandarama temple and riverside monuments
00:30:34 3.1.8 Pattabhirama temple complex
00:31:44 3.1.9 Mahanavami platform, public square complex
00:33:28 3.1.10 Water infrastructure
00:35:37 3.1.11 Fountains and community kitchen
00:36:14 3.1.12 Elephant stables and Zenana enclosure
00:37:55 3.1.13 Other Hindu temples and monuments
00:40:00 3.2 Jain monuments
00:40:23 3.2.1 Ganagitti temple complex
00:41:10 3.2.2 Other Jain temples and monuments
00:41:49 3.3 Muslim monuments
00:42:30 3.3.1 Ahmad Khan mosque and tomb
00:43:11 4 Reception
00:45:16 5 See also



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Hampi, also referred to as the Group of Monuments at Hampi, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in east-central Karnataka, India. It became the centre of the Hindu Vijayanagara Empire capital in the 14th century. Chronicles left by Persian and European travellers, particularly the Portuguese, state Hampi was a prosperous, wealthy and grand city near the Tungabhadra River, with numerous temples, farms and trading markets. By 1500 CE, Hampi-Vijayanagara was the world's second-largest medieval-era city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at that time, attracting traders from Persia and Portugal. The Vijayanagara Empire was defeated by a coalition of Muslim sultanates; its capital was conquered, pillaged and destroyed by sultanate armies in 1565, after which Hampi remained in ruins.Located in Karnataka near the modern-era city of Hosapete, 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". Hampi predates the Vijayanagara Empire; there is evidence of Ashokan epigraphy, and it is mentioned in the Ramayana and the Puranas of Hinduism as Pampaa Devi Tirtha Kshetra. Hampi continues to be an important religious centre, housing the Virupaksha Temple, an active Adi Shankara-linked monastery and various monuments belonging to the old city.