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    Hampi: The Forgotten Empire
    Hampi: The Forgotten Empire
    Hampi: The Forgotten Empire
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    Hampi: The Forgotten Empire

    By Harpreet Kaur Kapoor

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    Hampi is a world heritage site and holds some of the most unique remains from the great empire of Vijayanagar. The site has an ongoing archaeological dig that has been on since the past 20 years now. With world famous historians and archaeologists having worked on it. The government may have reduced the dig allowance but the enthusiasm has not reduced.There is still so much to know.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarpreet Kaur Kapoor
    Release dateJun 6, 2010
    ISBN9781452318530
    Hampi: The Forgotten Empire
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    Harpreet Kaur Kapoor

    Hi as a writer I know I can improve, I would like it very much if you read my books and tell me what is missing and how it will improve my work. Your opinions matter to me. Please send them to my email id harpreet786@gmail.com,. My writing for sometime has come to standstill and your words may add some fire to it.Thank you all.I am a writer and writing has been my passion from my college days, but I have given it complete free reign over everything else, only in the last few years. As a journalist, I have worked in many newspapers and magazines and gathered over 13 years of experience. But I am still gathering experience for my writing. Every day is a learning experience and adds to my profile.

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    Hampi - Harpreet Kaur Kapoor

    Hampi

    The Forgotten Empire

    (The Diary of an Amateur Archaeologist)

    By Harpreet Kaur

    Hampi: The Forgotten Empire

    (The diary of an Amateur Archaeologist)

    Harpreet Kaur

    Smashwords Edition

    Copyright 2010 Harpreet Kaur

    Discover other titles by Harpreet Kaur at Smashwords.com https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/HarpreetKaur

    Dedication

    This book is dedicated to ‘The Rose’, my teacher and Jack, my loving pooch.

    Introduction

    A college trip to Hampi was my first adventure and the reason to write books. I have loved history and archaeology for a very very long time now. A firsthand experience of a dig is what any historian and archaeologist loves.

    Hampi is a world heritage site and holds some of the most unique remains from the great empire of Vijayanagar. The site has an ongoing archaeological dig that has been on since the past 20 years now. With world famous historians and archaeologists having worked on it. The government may have reduced the dig allowance but the enthusiasm has not reduced.

    There is still so much to know and the obviously dead city still speaks volumes.

    Harpreet Kaur

    Contents

    Dedication

    Introduction

    Poem

    Diary

    History of Vijayanagar

    A Forgotten Empire

    By Lee

    Once a long long time ago

    In days long gone by stood

    An empire proud and strong

    Its temples seemed to touch

    the sky.

    The city of victory as it was called

    Then stood mighty and tall

    It triumphed over its enemies

    It withstood them all.

    The rulers reigned the glory

    Their magnificence seldom matched

    The subjects they were happy

    on them seldom were burdens thrust

    It attracted the foreign travellers

    who spoke with nothing but praise

    The most splendid king was Krishnadevaraya

    Immortalised by Nuniz, Razaaq and Paes.

    Diary

    25 Dec

    11.15 pm caught the night train to Guntakal. It was the 9 Down Madras Mail (name and time of train has changed). The train journey was fun, all girls team getting together, introductions were made. Our group had a mix of girls from all divisions. This trip was an on field experience in amateur archaeology. The groups that would exist on the field where in a way created in the train journey itself. I was going to be with my friends. We were a group in college too. While studying and enjoying life we were always together (today all are married and have children). Radha was in fact my best friend and she still is. We ate dinner, joked around, heard stories of boy scouts and girls from our team leader a teacher and a Scout Girl leader and then fell asleep. Waiting eagerly for the next morning.

    26 Dec

    Reached Guntakal at 3am. We were half asleep when we got up with a jerk and just threw our bags off the train. We were at Guntakal and the train stopped here only for two minutes and we were 15 of us with two bags each. After we got off among giggles and laughs, we sat down and waited for the connecting train to Hospet (the closest station to Hampi). The connecting train was there after 25 minutes, this was a local

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