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.
Karnataka, Bellary District
N15 18 51.984 E76 28 18.012
Date of Inscription: 1986
Minor modification inscribed year: 2012
Criteria: (i)(iii)(iv)
Property : 4,187 ha
Buffer zone: 19,454 ha
Ref: 241bisSource: http://whc.unesco.org
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