Vijayanagara

Hospet is the main tourist hub for the extensive ruins of the 14th - to 16th-century metropolis called Vijayanagara or Hampi, which ruled an empire encompassing most of southern India.

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Karnataka Vijayanagara-The whole of South India was ruled by Vijayanagar Empire from AD

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India's Mughal Empire was primarily 'Muslim' and had existed in Northern India whereas the Vijayanagara Empire was primarily premised upon 'Hinduism' and/or similarly related religious sects and was established in the Southern part of India.

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This is, for Morrison, bitterly ironic, as she spent years studying Vijayanagara-period reservoirs south of the river.

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Locals say that the village council of nearby Anegondi authorized the project, even though the land is protected as part of the greater Vijayanagara area.

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The most obvious feature on the broad, flat plain is a ruined and overgrown 10th - to 11th-century temple right in the center -- an indication of how large this town grew before the rise of Vijayanagara.

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No human remains have been found, but Morrison theorizes that these small megalithic structures are some kind of memorials that were revisited continually for centuries, from 800 B.C. to the rise of Vijayanagara.

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The manipulation of these resources also provides information on the emergence of social stratification, which would become a dominant theme in the later Vijayanagara period, when royals and cultural elites made decisions that altered the whole region and built the stone buildings that today draw tourists and hippies from all over the world.

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Morrison's previous work in the Vijayanagara region was spread across a broad area.

On the Hilltop and Down By the River 2009

The entire site is a vast repository of the area's history that represents an unbroken chain of settlement and daily life stretching back around 2,500 years before Vijayanagara.

On the Hilltop and Down By the River 2009