
14. Vijayanagara - The Last Emperors Of South India
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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A Brief History of Crishna Devaria
Crishna devaria was also what we might think of to day as a fitness fanatic. Domingo paez writes the following account of his daily routine. The king is accustomed every day to drink a three quarter pint of ses oil before daylight and anoint himself all over with the same oil. He covers his loins with a small cloth and takes in his arms great weights made of earthenware. And then, taking a sword, he exercises himself with it till he has sweated out all the oil. And then he wrestles with one of his wrestlers. After this labour, he mounts a horse and gallops about the plain in one direction and another, till
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