What is Vijayanagara architecture?
[[File:View of the Virupaksha temple gopura from Hemakuta hill 2.JPG|thumb|upright|]] The '''[[Vijayanagara]] architecture''' Empire built all of their buildings, monuments, shrines and statues out of stone which were very intricately and elaborately carved with designs of gods and stories of famous heroes. All these were built in [[Dravidian peoples|Dravidian]] style which was a common style of building then. There are over 1,600 surviving monuments in the capital city Vijayanagara, covering 4,187.24 hectares (16 square miles) divided into three general zones:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Khan Academy|url=https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-asia/south-asia/x97ec695a:1500-1850-deccan-south/a/art-and-architecture-of-vijayanagara-empire|access-date=2024-10-02|website=www.khanacademy.org|language=en}}</ref> # a fortified urban core, which included a royal center, # a sacred center consisting of temples and shrines, and # the suburban settlements. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Stub}} [[Category:Indian culture]] [[Category:Architectural styles]]