On the rocky banks of South India's Tungabhadra River, an enormous ruined city lies crumbling...

In this episode, we look at the Vijayanagara Empire of Southern India, a civilization that has all but faded from memory in many parts of the world. 

Find out how this remarkable society rose up out of an age of conflict and fragmentation, how it built one of the largest and most impressive medieval cities in the world, and developed an identity that was both South Indian in nature, and global in its outlook. With readings in Sanskrit, and the sounds of traditional Carnatic music, find out what happened to bring the great stone temples of Vijayanagara crashing down in fire and flame.

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Credits:

Voice actors:

Peter Walters
Michael Hajiantonis
Kim Heron
Nick Denton
Paul Casselle

Sound engineering by Alexey Sibikin

Original music performed and composed by Aruna Sairam.

14. Vijayanagara - The Last Emperors Of South India

In the tropical forests of Central America, vast stone pyramids slowly crumble beneath the trees.

In this episode, we look at one of history's great romantic mysteries: the fall of the Classic Maya Civilization. Find out how this great civilization grew up among environmental conditions that no other civilization has ever contended with, learn about the fatal flaws that lay beneath its surface, and what happened after its final, cataclysmic collapse.

Credits:

Sound engineering by Thomas Ntinas

Voice Actors:

Bryan Thsiobi
Jacob Rollinson
Jake Barrett-Mills
Helena Bacon

Music by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100209
Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Fall of Civilizations

3. The Mayan Collapse - Ruins Among the Trees

A history podcast looking at the collapse of a different civilization each episode. What did they have in common? Why did they fall? And what did it feel like to watch it happen?

14. Vijayanagara - The Last Emperors Of South India

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