Group of Monuments at Hampi
The austere, grandiose site of Hampi was the last capital
of the last great Hindu Kingdom of Vijayanagar. Its fabulously rich
princes built Dravidian temples and palaces which won the admiration of
travellers between the 14th and 16th centuries. Conquered by the Deccan
Muslim confederacy in 1565, the city was pillaged over a period of six
months before being abandoned.