Question

Give any two features of Hampi

Answer 1

Hampi, also referred to as the Group of Monuments at Hampi, is a UNESCOWorld Heritage Site located in east-central Karnataka, India.It became the centre of the Hindu Vijayanagara Empirecapital in the 14th century.Chronicles left by Persian and European travellers, particularly the Portuguese, state Hampi was a prosperous, wealthy and grand city near the Tungabhadra River, with numerous temples, farms and trading markets. By 1500 CE, Hampi-Vijayanagara was the world's second-largest medieval-era city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at that time, attracting traders from Persia and Portugal.The Vijayanagara Empire was defeated by a coalition of Muslim sultanates; its capital was conquered, pillaged and destroyed by sultanate armies in 1565, after which Hampi remained in ruins.