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| Devakunjari,
D., Hampi, reprint, Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi,1992.
One of the most thorough guidebooks to the site.
Devaraj, D. and Channabasappa S. Patil, editors, Vijayanagara: Progress
of Research, Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Mysore. A
series of reports spanning 1984 to 1991 presenting new discoveries at
the site.
Filliozat, Pierre-Sylvain and Vasundhara Filliozat, Hampi-Vijayanagar, The Temple of Vithala, Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Scientific Research, New Delhi, 1988. A full description of the Vitthala temple in the sacred centre accompanied by excellent measured drawings.
Filliozat, Vasundhara, editor, Vijayanagara, As Seen By Domingo
Paes and Fernao Nuniz (16[th] Century Portuguese Chroniclers) and Others,
National Book Trust, New Delhi, 1999. A compilation of foreigners’
reports relying heavily on Sewell.
Fritz,
John M. and George Michell, editors, New Light on Hampi, Recent
Research at Vijayanagara, Marg
Publications, Mumbai, 2001. A review of twenty years
of investigation at the site by twelve scholars, including recommendations
for responsible management of the site.
Fritz, John M. and George Michell, Hampi, IBH, Mumbai, 2002. An attractively illustrated guidebook treatment of the site, complete with the descriptions of Vijayanagara by the early visitors.
Fritz, John M., George Michell and M. S. Nagaraja Rao, Where Kings
and Gods Meet: The Royal Centre at Vijayanagara, India, University
of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1984. The most complete description of the
buildings and excavated remains of this part of the site.
Gollings,
J., John M. Fritz and George Michell, City of Victory, Vijayanagara:
The Medieval Capital of South India, Aperture, New York, 1991.
Hard to find, but worth it for the wonderful black and white photographs.
The most complete general introduction to the site.
Kotraiah, C. T. M. and Anna L. Dallapiccola, King, Court and Capital: An Anthology of Kannada Literary Sources for the Vijayanagara Period, Manohar, New Delhi, 2002. These literary extracts of the period make for lively reading.
Longhurst, A. H., Hampi Ruins: Described and Illustrated, reprint,
Asian Educational Services, New Delhi, 1995. Still a helpful introduction
to the site.
Michell,
George, Vijayanagara: Architectural Inventory of the Urban Core,
2 volumes, Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Mysore, 1990. Gives
complete descriptions with maps, measured drawings and photographs of
this part of the site.
Michell, George and Phillip B. Wagoner, Vijayanagara: Architectural Inventory of the Sacred Centre, 3 volumes, Manohar, New Delhi, 2002. Full descriptions with maps, measured drawings and photographs.
Morrison, Kathleen B., Fields of Victory: Vijayanagara and the Course
of Intensification, reprint, Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi, 2000.
An analysis of the development of agriculture in the region based on
an archaeological survey of the capital’s hinterland.
Nagaraja
Rao., M. S., editor, Vijayanagara: Progress of Research, Directorate
of Archaeology and Museums, Mysore. A series of reports spanning 1979
to 1984 presenting new discoveries at the site.
Nagaraja Rao., M. S., editor, Vijayanagara: Through the Eyes of Alexander Greenlaw 1856 and John Gollings, 1983, Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Mysore, 1988. Though poorly reproduced, the matching pairs of old and new photographs are fascinating and instructive.
Patil, Channabasappa, S. and Vinoda C. Patil, Inscriptions at Vijayanagara
(Hampi), Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Mysore, 1995.
An indispensable work for any researcher.
Rubies,
J.-P., Travel and Ethnology in the Renaissance: South India Through
European Eyes, 1250-1625, Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge, 2000. A fresh look at the
European accounts of the Vijayanagara site and empire.
Settar, S., Hampi: A Medieval Metropolis, Kala Yatra, Bangalore [1990]. An introduction to the site emphasizing contemporary literary sources.
Sewell, Robert, A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution
to the History of India, reprint, Asian Educational Services, New
Delhi, 2000. The classic history of Vijayanagara, together with the
Portuguese chronicles.
Stein,
Burton, The New Cambridge History of India I.1, Vijayanagara,
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1989. Gives the historical background
for the site and empire.
Verghese, Anila, Religious Traditions at Vijayanagara: As Revealed Through Its Monuments, Manohar, New Delhi, 1995. Provides an analysis of the history of religious beliefs and practices in Vijayanagara times.
Verghese, Anila, Archaeology, Art and Religion: New Perspectives
on Vijayanagara, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2000. Research
essays on the history and archaeology of the site.
Verghese,
Anila, Monumental Legacy, Hampi, Oxford University Press, New
Delhi, 2002. Situates the monuments of the site in their historical,
artistic and religious contexts.
Wagoner, Phillip B., Tidings of the King: A Translation and Ethnohistorical Analysis of the Rayavacakamu, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 1993. This late sixteenth-century Telugu text offers insights into life at the capital and into cultural understandings after its fall. Wagoner, Phillip B., “Sultan among Hindu Kings: Dress, Titles, and the Islamicization of Hindu Culture at Vijayanagara”, Journal of Asian Studies, 55/4, November 1996, pp. 851-80. A new approach to the sultanate aspects of life at the capital. |
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