Hampi
March 22nd 2006 March 22-27
The Vijayanagar empire was established in 1336 and the population peaked at about 500,000 in the 16th century before the empire fell to Muslim invaders in 1565. The visible reminders of the empire remain in the hundreds of temples large and small scattered over a 43 square kilometer area. And boulders. Granite boulders everywhere by the thousands - up to 50 feet high or
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