
14. Vijayanagara - The Last Emperors Of South India
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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The City of Vigenagra
When the armies of the sultans left, the population of vijenagra would emerge from the caves with its leaders gone. It seems that the people of the city could no longer maintain the large and complex metropolis they had once called home. They would soon be forced to loot what remained of the city in order to survive. With its status reduced, the city of vigenagra no longer seemed to suit its grand name. Instead, it became known by the name of one of its smaller as which remained inhabited among the ruins - hampey. This was the ruined place that the scottish captain colin mackenzie would wander through nearly a hundred and 50 years later
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