Architecture & Engineering
Vijayanagara (Hampi) hydraulics and city
14th-16th c. CEVijayanagara engineersHampi (Karnataka)Karnataka
1301
A vast imperial capital with sophisticated water channels, tanks and stone architecture.
- Dated
- 1301–1600
- As scholars put it
- 14th-16th c. CE
- Originator
- Vijayanagara engineers
- Source text
- Hampi (Karnataka)
- Region
- Karnataka
- Discipline
- Architecture & Engineering
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
One of the largest medieval cities of its time.
Fair to say
Much was destroyed after 1565; the city is now ruins.
Path to modern innovation
A high point of medieval urban and hydraulic engineering.
Transmission
UNESCO World Heritage Site.
References
- 1ASI
- 2UNESCO
Further reading
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