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14. Vijayanagara - The Last Emperors Of South India

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. ---------- 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.

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  18. Egypt - Fall of the Pharaohs

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  17. Carthage - Empire Of The Phoenicians

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  16. Bagan - City Of Temples

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  15. The Nabataeans - The Final Days Of Petra

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  13. The Assyrians - Empire of Iron

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  12. The Inca - Cities in the Cloud

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  11. Byzantium - Last of the Romans

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  10. China's Han Dynasty - The First Empire in Flames

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  9. The Aztecs - A Clash of Worlds

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  8. The Sumerians - Fall of the First Cities

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  7. The Songhai Empire - Africa's Age of Gold

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  6. Easter Island - Where Giants Walked

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  5. The Khmer Empire - Fall of the God Kings

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  4. The Greenland Vikings - Land of the Midnight Sun

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  3. The Mayan Collapse - Ruins Among the Trees