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TopicVijayanagara

Topic: Vijayanagara

Fatehpur Sikri was extraordinarily well-provided with water. Lessons for modern India

How three of the most important medieval metropolises—Vijayanagara, Bijapur, and Fatehpur Sikri—managed the challenges of inclement weather.

Vijayanagara was the Indian Renaissance State. It contains memories of older empires

Just like Europe’s neoclassical monuments, Vijayanagara’s temples reformulated memories of the older Chola and Chalukya empires.

Don’t romanticise Vijayanagara as the ‘last Hindu empire’—it has a side you don’t know about

Immigrant Vijayanagara warriors were focused primarily on enriching themselves. This is revealed by temple inscriptions in the Kaveri delta and the northern Coromandel plain.

South India challenges the notions of medieval Islam—lessons from Deccan history

It is absurd to replace modern mosques with temples—as absurd as demanding Tamilians pay reparations to Karnataka because the Cholas destroyed Kalyana in 1047.

‘Indigenous people becoming minority’ — what pro-Hindutva press wrote on Assam’s Hindus

ThePrint’s round-up of how pro-Hindutva media covered and commented on news and topical issues over the past few days.

Guns, blood, bronze — The southern Sultans led India’s ‘military revolution’

The victory of Deccan Sultanates shows us that Indian polities can and did innovate militarily, once we look beyond the limited perspective of North India.

SubscriberWrites: Lessons for the Modi government from the rise and fall of the Vijayanagar Empire

At its height, the great Hindu kingdom prospered from a spirit of inclusiveness, something the current regime could emulate, writes Arun Ramamurthy.

The king who sat on Diamond Throne barefoot, drank three-quarter pint of sesame oil daily

Manu S. Pillai’s Rebel Sultans: The Deccan From Khilji to Shivaji traces the history of Deccan India from 13th to 18th century.

On Camera

Why Modi’s supporters fear ‘proud Hindu’ MK Gandhi and venerate his murderer Godse

Every Gandhi Jayanti, we witness a contradiction in Hindutva position — PM Modi hails ‘beloved Bapu’ while his supporters attack and abuse him.

More Andhra-style prawn fry for Indian plates? How Naidu’s trying to blunt US tariff hit on aqua exports

Naidu attempts to shield aqua farmers after Trump’s tariff hits the shrimp farming sector in Andhra Pradesh, leading to the cancellation of 50% of the state's exports.

Finnish giant ICEYE to build signature radar microsatellites in India, offers full control to govt

Company builds microsatellites that are smaller, faster, cheaper to produce. ICEYE will develop & launch micro-satellites, hand them over to India, which will have full control & sovereignty.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.