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Ratnakar Sadasyula

Teoksen City of Victory: The Rise and Fall of Vijayanagara tekijä

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I read this book to learn about the Vijaynagara Empire. However, the author put too much emphasis on the battles between the Vijaynagara Empire and the Bahmani Kingdom, and most of the time it seemed that the Vijayanagar Empire came second. It would have been better not to mention the wars so many times, giving the impression that the empire was nothing but being involved in wars. A civilization can not flourish if it is in a continuous state of war and the soldiers kill innocent people and take part in looting and barbarism in the name of a Hindu state.
Ordinary people probably paid the price, and it seemed that the poor people lived in thatched houses whereas the rich people lived in big palaces. I suppose nothing has changed in India since then.
In any case, I did learn something about the so-called great Empire, and frankly, I was a little sad to learn that it was not as great as I imagined. It certainly not as great as the Cholas, or the Mauryas, or for that matter the Gupta Empire.
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