Vijayanagara (Hampi)

Vijayanagara (its ruins at Hampi, on the Tuṅgabhadrā River in the Ballari/Vijayanagara district of Karnataka, south India) was the capital of the Vijayanagara empire (founded 14th c.). The Advaita scholar and Sringeri pontiff Vidyāraṇya was associated with the empire's foundation and served its early rulers.