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24 B OARD G AME S TUDIES 6, 2003 leader, Prof. Olaf Almenningen, Seksjon for Leksikografi og Målføregransking, Univ. of Oslo, and Dr. Anna-Marie Wiersholm, Norsk Folkeminnesamling, Univ. of Oslo, for sending information from the collections behind NO. 43. MacLagan 1900. 44. Svabo 1959. 45. Hordaland og Bergen i Manns Minne: 35. 46. de Cock & Teirlinck 1903. 47. Culin 1895 and 1898.
Board games from the city of Vijayanagara (Hampi), 1336-1565: a survey and a study / Rangachar Vasantha Austere and grandiose Hampi is the site of the last capital of the last great Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagara, whose rich kings built Dravidian temples and palaces, which won the admiration of travelers between the 14th and 16th centuries. Conquered by the Muslims in 1565, the city was pillaged over a period of six months, and then abandoned. The greater parts of the more interesting buildings are situated in the citadel or innermost line of fortifications and also along the roadside to Hampi. The crowded buildings hint at the centuries-old heritage of the village, for it is some 450 years since Hampi’s grandeur came to an end as the center of the Vijayanagara Empire. The present day village preserves the ancient order while its inhabitants reap the benefits of being a living example of old peaceful ways. The Mohammedan invasion and especially the employment of Mohammedan troops by the Vijayanagara kings led to Saracenic features being adopted in some of the buildings in their capital, producing an Indian version of that style known as Indo-Saracenic. The Vijayanagar capital was probably at first situated at Anegundi on the northern bank of the Tungabhadra river nearly opposite the present hamlet of Hampi. As the empire grew in size and power, the capital was moved to the southern bank of the river and Anegundi was retained as a fortified suburb or outpost. The cultural remains of the imperial city of Vijayanagara now spread over a vast area of about 25 km covering several modern villages, while the outer lines of its fortifications include still a larger area. There are temples and entrances formed out of the huge rocks everywhere. The monuments which are popularly known as Hampi ruins are mainly situated between the villages of Kamalapuram in the south to Hampi village on the right bank of Tungabhadra river in the north. The Virupaksha Temple in the middle of Hampi Bazaar commands most respect. It hovers above the hills and trees the boulders and the mirror like rock pools calling you back to the 700-meter long avenue. Along the Tungabhadra river the Vithala Temple, with its stone chariot is the world heritage site. “Hampi” was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 1986. Board Games from Hampi The City of Vijayanagara offers unique opportunities to investigate Indian board games in the pre-modern era. Archaeological and architectural evidence provides a remarkable record of board games of various types in the place called Hampi, which was probably the most extensive of any Hindu capital in India. The contemporary literary works in Kannada, Sanskrit and Telugu, as well as the graphic description of contemporary foreign visitors help in unearthing the varieties of board games found in the ruined structures, un-cleared rubble piles and numerous overgrown mounds.
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