Ruins of Vijianuggur, conical temples, Hemakuta hill Shiva temples in Hampi, Vijayanagara, 1868 photo

Autor:

Edmund David Lyon (1868)

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https://czwiki.cz/b/ba556

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Wikimedia Commons

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849 x 712 Pixel (181840 Bytes)

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Photographer: Lyon, Edmund David

Medium: Photographic print

Year created: 1868

Year published: 1868

Collection Photo 212/7(16) now at the British Library

Vijayanagara, the City of Victory, was the most powerful Hindu kingdom in Southern India from 1336 until 1565. It was founded on the bank of the Tungabhadra River by two brothers, Harihara and Bukka, formerly chieftains with the Delhi Sultanate. Vijayanagara flourished as a prosperous centre of Hindu art, culture and architecture, until the Battle of Talikota in 1565 when it was defeated by the armies of a coalition of neighbouring Muslim kingdoms.

The above Hemakuta hill monuments were misidentified as Jain temples in early 20th century.

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Public domain

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https://www.bl.uk/collection-guides/photographs

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