Vijayanagara:Art and Architecture p4: In A Land Of Kings and Deities

10/31/20 • 34 min

As part of the research for this episode, one of my main sources has been Crispin Branfoot’s research papers by titles, “In a Land of Kings - Donors, Elite, and Temple Sculpture” published in 2011 and “Expanding Form: The Architectural Sculpture of the South India Temple from 1500-1700 CE”.

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Vijayanagara: Sultan among Hindu Kings: p2

The prevailing dominant force on a global scale tends to set the rules of the conversations that take place between the dominant and the dominated. So a nation or a civilization irrespective of whether it calls the shots or not on a smaller scale, has to choose to toe the line if it has to be accepted as an legitimate participant at the geopolitical table at a global level.

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Vijayanagara:Art and Architecture p5: Gandabherunda : The Vanquisher Of Enemies

The legacy and history of Gandabherunda goes long way back to the times of Kadambas, Chalukyas and Hoysalas even before the advent of Vijayanagara Empire, which then adopted the motif into its pantheon of royal emblems.