| World Heritage Sites in Karnataka | |
| Hampi | Pattadakal |
| Group of Monuments at Hampi, Hospet Taluk, Bellary District, Karnataka, India. Date of Inscription: 1986 Criteria: (i)(iii)(iv) Official Link to Unesco Website : http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/241/ Read more about the current research works and recent findings about Ancient City of Victory(Vijayanagar), at http://www.vijayanagara.org/ my sincere and great thanks to Dr.John M. Fritz and Dr.George Michell who are ever inspiring by their works, photographs and explanation, I always get lost reading about Hampi and its glory. Visiting Hampi each time is a visual retreat and engineering marvel w.r.t building construction, hydraulics, surveying, etc., etc., Click to view the Panoromic view presented by http://World-Heritage-Tour.org Click here for a photographic journey thru Hampi taken during May Expedition 2009 by Vijayanand Gurudev For further reading, please refer the below books Hampi Ruins - Described and Illustrated By A.H.Longhurst ISBN : 978-81-20601598 (Softbound) ISBN : 978-81-206-0158-0 (Hardbound) First Published : 1917 The Vijayanagar Empire - Chronicle of Paes and Nuniz ISBN : 81-206-0685-X First Published : 1980 (London) Encyclopedia of Indian Temple Architecture South India Dravidadesa Later Phase c. AD 1289 - 1798 Edited by George Michell, Coordinated by U S Moorti Published by American Institute of Indian Studies, 2001 ISBN : 81-7304-436-8 Hampi By John M Fritz & George Michell ISBN : 81-7508-336-0 Published in 2003 (Text/Photograph) The Alkazi Collection of Photography - Vijayanagara Splendour in Ruins Edited by George Michell ISBN : 978-81-899995-03-4(Mapin) ISBN : 978-0-944142-76-9(Grantha) LCCN : 2008923792 New Light on Hampi Edited by John M Fritz & George Michell Photographs Clare Arni ISBN : 81-85026-53-X LCCN : 2001-291002 First Published : 2001, Reprint 2004 Hampi a Medieval Metropolis By S.Settar | |
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