What Made Hampi One of the Greatest Cities of Its Time?

Hampi, once the magnificent capital of the Vijayanagara Empire, stands as a captivating reminder of India’s rich and storied past. In the 16th century, it was one of the largest and wealthiest cities in the world, rivalling the grandeur of Rome and Beijing. Portuguese traveller Domingo Paes was awestruck by the scale and prosperity of Hampi, vividly describing the vast empire of Krishna Deva Raya, its majestic temples, and bustling markets. Among these, the Virupaksha Temple, still active today, is renowned for an ancient optical marvel, while the Vithala Temple is celebrated for its musical pillars and the iconic stone chariot.
During Krishna Deva Raya’s reign, Hampi flourished with remarkable defences, sophisticated water systems, and architectural brilliance that showcased the empire's power and prosperity. However, the city’s glory was short-lived, as it was later sacked by neighbouring kingdoms, leading to widespread destruction. Today, the ruins of Hampi offer a haunting glimpse into its illustrious past, with structures like the Queen’s Bath, the Kamal Mahal, and the towering Mahanavami Dibba standing as silent witnesses to its former grandeur.
Recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage site, Hampi continues to draw visitors from around the world, who come to marvel at its breathtaking beauty, its architectural feats, and its rich history that still echoes through the ruins.
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[@rogermilla2358]

They made sure to mention that Vijaynagara conquered the "Hindu" Gajapatis of Odisha - but no mention of who destroyed Vijayanagara or Hampi. Just "neighboring kingdoms united against them" - I sure wonder why that was or who they were lmao.

[@Sarayupareenआर्य]

You are right this secular Marxist producers have their own politically correct agenda , that's why they produce bogus history like this, they didn't even tell how Vijaynagar empire under Krishnadev raya was the bulwark of hindu Civilization in Deccan among the Islamic Sultanates

[@monju_bts]

Islamic invaders?

[@buzzmusic96]

​​​@@monju_bts Ofcourse. Wherever you find remains of a temple or an old mosque. Then you can conclude easily. that area was once looted by Radical Is!amists

[@godspeedsumitbiswas]

It was Pislam.

[@prajwalhc3606]

The Battle of Talikota, fought on January 26, 1565, was between the Vijayanagara Empire and five(5) Islamic invaders Kingdom-Ahmadnagar, Bijapur, Golconda, Bidar, and Berar. These Sultanates united to defeat Vijayanagara under King Aliya Rama Raya, leading to the destruction of its capital, Hampi, and marking the end of Vijayanagara’s golden era.

[@Indian_gene]

Radical Islamist several times destroyed the original heritage of india 😢😢 The British also captured india but also never destroyed the temple

[@ashannx]

Rama Raya, ruler of Vijayanagara massacred locals of Ahmadnagar , destruction of his kingdom was bound to happen

[@PK-se2jh]

​@@ashannx This documentary didn't mentioned that that combined forces of the Deccan sultanates, including the Muslim states of Bijapur, Ahmadnagar, and Golconda, destroyed the Vijayanagara Empire. Weirdly for 1400 years we are constantly hiding from mentioning the who destroyed the a lot of major Indian cities.

[@buzzmusic96]

​@@ashannx Source: Madarsa

[@TheAviankspark]

Britishers did not need to destroy the temples. The divided the whole nation itself.

[@strombreaker3446]

Read the history of lord Jagannath temple in odisha

[@dublinhomes1951]

8:15 wrong "Islamic Archies on Hindu pyramids". This is all Hindu Architecture. In Islam, Art is forbidden especially 3D Art called Idol worshipping.

[@Wangxian_6]

No arches were introduced by Mughals , that's why indigenous indian architecture didn't had arches that's why TEMPLES are flat and short supported by pillars , or either LARGER STRUCTURE ARE pyramidal as it's stable . But there were no true arches prior to islamic influence in india .

[@grapeshott]

True arches were Islamic imports. The arches that Hindu temples had were fake arches, they just put parallel blocks over one another to make it seem like an arch.

[@yj9032]

Then who build Jama Masjid? Taj Mahal?

We lost so much, especially by burning the library at Nalanda University. Thanks to the Khangress rule, we were taught how great the invaders were, including Akbar and Tippu, but there was never a mention of the true heroes of Bharat, such as Krishnadevaraya and Shivaji Maharaj.

[@grapeshott]

Deccan sultanates even worshipped Saraswati. They were as cosmopolitan as any kingdom could get. Vijayanagar ruin was purely political. Tipu sultan of Mysore even wore a ring with "Ram" on it. Find it on museum website.

@@grapeshott read Lewis B Boury’s biography of Tippu to realize how barbaric he was towards Hindus. Looks lakhs lost their lives. As for worshippers Goddess Saraswathi? I must have missed reading that fairytale.

[@PK-se2jh]

8:20 Funny how everything is labelled as Islamic Art when art is banned and harm in Islam. A lot of this Islamic art that you listen is primarily Zoroastrian Persian art which originated in ancient Persia Zoroastrians and then later on being called as Islamic when Arabs themselves were nomadic and had no Major settled societies especially in the Gulf because it has been a barren desert.

[@footballcricket-jz5ck]

Even Persia is a wasteland desert. From all sides india is surrounded with desert. But still people do several false claims like indian food and indian music is from Mughals. Mughals were from Uzbekistan, a place where even farming is not done. And they think they invented indian food. Same way the invention of musical instruments like tabla and sitar is claimed to be invented by Amir khusro. Which is again false claim. There are several temples in Odisha and Maharashtra that shows sculptures of people playing tabla in the same way as today. Even the sitting posture of playing the tabla is exactly same as today. In tamil sangam poems they even mentioned the procedure to make the tabla. But still states like Uttar Pradesh claim that it was invented by Amir khusro.

[@Wangxian_6]

​@@footballcricket-jz5ckno statues doens't show true table , they are different, 'tabla' even derives from arabic word .

[@Wangxian_6]

Art is not band in islam , only idol like art is banned , geometric and floral patterns arnt.

[@footballcricket-jz5ck]

Go and watch the bhaja caves man. The sculpture of a women playing tabla is very clear in the cave. And man there are several ancient sculptures in Odisha that shows tabla. The older name of tabla was pushkara , the sangam poems call it by that name. Bro there is an entire article on tabla on Wikipedia. And Wikipedia clearly says that there is No Mughal literature that mention tabla was invented by Amir khusro. No Mughal or Delhi sultanate paintings depict tabla, no sculpture of Mughals and sultanate depict tabla. Go and read man. It is just a belief of UP people that tabla was invented by Amir khusro. There is no physical evidence to prove their point.

[@Wangxian_6]

@@footballcricket-jz5ck Nope, the Bhaja cave drum doesn’t look much like a tabla. It doesn’t have a syahi, and other indian Indian drums also don’t have syahi. Tabla evolved later, most likely under Persian influence. The Persians adopted a proto-tabla-like instrument and named it 'tabl' (based on the Arabic language). Also, there’s no true tabla-like instrument prior to the 17th century (as mentioned in Wikipedia), and all ancient tabla precursors aren’t new-they resemble naqqara and other drums. Tabla is a medieval innovation, and the Khusro story is not true .

[@jai7185]

The great karnataka empire, great hakka,bukka, devaraya 2, prouda devaraya, krishnadevaraya.

[@jai7185]

The Vijaynagara ( karnataka)empie map was wrong it covered whole of south india, Why they won't mentions the official original name of empire as karnataka empire, There are many great emperors who expanded karnataka ( Vijaynagara) empire & built many temples & infrastructure like devaraya 2, bukka Raya etc.. but they won't mentions about him.

[@rcrvlogs8349]

Most of Hindu ancient temples destroyed by Muslim kings maughals

[@grapeshott]

Deccan sultanates even worshipped Saraswati. They were as cosmopolitan as any kingdom could get. Vijayanagar ruin was purely political.

[@rcrvlogs8349]

@@grapeshott nice joke 😂😂😂😂

[@PK-se2jh]

This documentary didn't mentioned that that combined forces of the Deccan sultanates, including the Muslim states of Bijapur, Ahmadnagar, and Golconda, destroyed the Vijayanagara Empire

[@user-id5fo5fv8r]

Yeah because they didn't focus enough on defence.

[@grapeshott]

Nothing to do with religion

[@vimdhayakjigulambipurwale4536]

​@@grapeshottit is

[@vipul8022]

​@@user-id5fo5fv8rhow would 1 Kingdom stand against 5..

[@sumansatan1669]

Yes, just like terrorism all over the world is not related to a religion.

[@harshithponnappa404]

I wish to be a time traveller to see the Past Hampi , the place where they sold gold on streets and the great palace enclosure, Sri Krishna deva raya and the Dasara of Vijayanagara

[@rahuljaggukskeoe]

Karnataka empire ❤

[@withjatin_official]

Ancient India was truly marvelous and awe-inspiring, but because of these radical Mughals, we lost everything. I can feel how painful it was for us (Hindus) to survive, and many were killed in front of them. The Mughals then destroyed everything we had. Trust me, time will soon reverse, and the pain they inflicted on us will be returned a thousand fold to their generations.

[@whyspoo]

The great Mahamandalacharya Kriyashakti deva wodeyar along with Hakka and Bukka, founded the Vijayanagara empire.

[@RajputSunny-t8u]

Har har Mahadev

[@souravkumarsanyal7179]

Amongst all Indian heritage lost to time or by human hands, loss of Vijayanagara saddens the most 😢

[@rangaiahsreenivasamurthy61]

Include chandragiri mahals and fort in Aandhra which was built by Krishna Devaraya in this story

[@vishwajeetdhamdhere3210]

Never forget Never forgive Mughals took more than they could give! Nalanda, somnath, hampi….kashi vishwanath, ayodhya!

[@bornathlete9206]

Please make a video about magnificent kalinjar fort.

[@krishnapraveen5005]

3:50 it’s pronounced as ವಿರೂಪಾಕ್ಷ/ विरूपाक्षा and not the other way. 10:14 its ಮಹಾನವಮಿ ದಿಬ್ಬ/ महानवमि दिब्बा Please put some effort into pronunciation. Ask the locals they’ll help for sure.

[@stupidyengineer]

Its about Kannada empire & documentary is not available in Kannada audio??

[@akshayoturkar2]

Zatu mughals 😡

[@naayi111]

The collective Intellect and Intensions of the History tv18 team is also in ruins.

[@himalayajayas]

Recently visited Hampi and covered many places there. It is Magnificent. very quiet, clean and Lovely place. Roads are developed. Most likely I'll visit again with Family.

[@strombreaker3446]

People of vijayanagara used to play with diamonds. Damn literally India was treasure pot for World

[@ras4883]

I am your new subscriber i am very interested in this type of history topic please continue adding this type of videos which covers all Indian Heritage sites❤❤

[@amigoboyz13]

Still destroyer destroying India😢

[@grapeshott]

This had nothing to do with religion. Even Vijanayanagar kings burnt Ahmadnagar before

[@iitnakanpur..]

@@grapeshott many invansion in india is a direct result of religious superemacy .. whether you like it or not religion played the key role during invasion of another kingdom

[@Wangxian_6]

It would have been better if they made hampi in ancient period rather than meadival period. Too primitive

[@varadaraj6775]

ನಮ್ಮ ಹೆಮ್ಮೆಯ ಹಂಪಿ 🙏🙏🙏 ನಾನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಹುಟ್ಟಿರುವುದೇ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ.

[@roshaiahsuroju7461]

The great vejayanagar empire The Great Srikrishna Devaraya. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5Cck36Fg6aqa5I

[@Elizabeth-pd4sd]

Convenient to side step the destroyers

[@1kgaming881]

Please add more information 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@ShashiKumar-jc2sw]

Capital of Karnataka Empire.

[@chidanandc2040]

Empire of kannadigas

[@dhanusha6891]

Love from Bengaluru ❤

[@mhalupujari4718]

Please Add kannada Audio

[@brucewayne5916]

Radical Islamists

[@TheNameisBharathYash]

Karnataka 💛❤

[@harishhanchinal2838]

Nice.

[@manurajpurohit1981]

Greatest ever monumental empire, if anyone wants to see past glory of india it has to be southern India.

[@yashsavla6902]

Need more episodes on Hampi series & Vijaynagar empire & Krishnadevrai King

[@biswaranjanpurohit2384]

Ye lok pauaa pi ke bol rahe hen

[@jky1528]

Mai us time zone me jana chahta hu

[@RohitKumar-ub5bn]

👍🧡

[@LakshmiPraveenDiaries]

First!!!

[@mattapallisrihari5371]

Great south indan kings krisna devaraya👍

[@ashashridevi8553]

हम्पी एक बौद्ध विरासत है

[@Manurajoriya9671]

तुम्हें ना बोद्ध से मतलब है , ना हिन्दू से , ना सनातन से , ना भारत से ना भारत के इतिहास से , ना तथ्यों से ना तर्कों से , तुम केवल नीले कबूतर हो , भीमटे हो ।

[@chandraprakashsinha7479]

Archeologist ho kya? Bada aaya gyan bantane.

[@RajputSunny-t8u]

Nhi ye hindu Mandir he budh mandiro me nhi rehta😂

[@RajputSunny-t8u]

Kaise he kis angl se

[@HemantKumar-ry5qk]

Proof de bhimte gawar😂

[@akshayoturkar2]

😢