14. Vijayanagara - The Last Emperors Of South India
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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Vigeonagra - The City of Stone
Vigeonagra was truly a city of stone, with all its palaces and stables carved out of blocks of solid granite. And the city also benefited from being surrounded by a seemingly inexhaustible amount of exceptional building material in the form of hampe's ancient turrain. An ambassador from the timorid capital of samakand named abdur razak, working as an ambassador for the persian king, passed through vigena in the year 14 forty three. By this time the city's skyline had grown impressive enough for him to give the following glowing report: "The pupil of the eye has never seen a place like it" The portuguese writer domingo
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