PPT ON MUGHAL EMPIRE

1. GOVT FIRST GRADE COLLEGE CHIKKABASUR
Department of History
CLASS : BA I Year
SUBJECT : History
TOPIC NAME : Mughal Empire
Presented By : Prof.Veeresh Hiremath
Dept of History

3.  Vijayanagara or “ City of Victory” was the name
of both a city and an Empire. It was founded in 1336
AD.
 It stretches from the Krishna- Tungabhadra doab
to the extreme south of the peninsula .
 We remember it as Hampi, a name derived from
the local mother goddess, Pampadevi.
 The rulers of Vijayanagara, who
called themselves Rayas, or Narapati
(lord of Men) unlike Gajipati of Orissa
and Ashvapati of Deccan Sultans,
took the Empire to greater heights.

4.  The Vijayanagara Empire is considered to be the
Landmark in the Indian history because the traditional
southern royal dynasties like the Katiyas of Warangal,
Pandyas of Madurai , Yadavas of Devagiri and the
Hoysalas of Halevidu fell victims to the invasions of
Allah-ud-din Khiliji and Mohammad – Bin-Tughluq.
 As a result every where peace was disturbed,
anarchy reigned and religious turmoil was evident.
 Under these circumstances Vijayanagara Empire
helped the preservation of Hindu religion and Indian
culture, building techniques to the new heights.

5. 1486-1503 1503-1542 1542-15651336-1485

6.  The ruins at Hampi were brought to light in 1800 by
Colonel Colin Mackenzie, an employee of the East India
Company. He prepared the first survey map and collected
initial information based on memories from the priests of
the Virupaksha temple and those associated with the shrine
of Pampadevi.
 In 1836 epigraphists began collecting several dozen
inscriptions found in these and other temples of Hampi.
From 1856, photographers began to record the monuments.
 Although wooden structures are lost, the descriptions
left by travellers allow historians to reconstruct some
aspects of vibrant life of the times.
Col Colin Mackenzie
SOURCES USED TO STUDY THE RUINS OF HAMPI

7.  Through the 20th century, the site was preserved by the
ASI and the Karnataka Department of Archaeology and
Museums. In 1976, Hampi was recognized as a site of
national importance.
 For mapping in detail the entire area was divided into
a set of 25 squares, each designated by a letter of the
alphabet. These were further divided and subdivided.
 Though painstaking the method helped find and
document traces of thousands of structures like roads,
paths, bazaars, shrines etc. these methods complemented
the information provided by the priests of Virupaksha
temple by collaborating spread of ideas, cultural
influences, and help understand symbols as represented in
various shrines.

8.  Some of the old traditions suggests that Pampadevi ,
the local mother goddess , did penance in these hills in
order to marry Virupaksha, the guardian deity of the
kingdom, also recognized as a form of Shiva. To this day
this marriage is celebrated annually in the Virupaksha
temple.
 Rulers and others often granted land and other
resources for maintenance of temples. Patronage of
temples and cult was important for the rulers for winning
support, power, wealth and deity.
 Often the deity was identified with the king, indicating
to how rulers used temples building as a means of
associating themselves with the divine, and that temples
were significant religious. Social, cultural and economic
centers.

9.  (Q 1) Who was Colin Mackenzie ?
Ans (a) Colin Mackenzie was an employee of the East India
Company. He became famous as an engineer, surveyor
and cartographer.
(b) He prepared the 1st survey map of the ruins at Hampi
and was appointed first Surveyor of India in 1815.

10.  (Q 2) State his main contribution to the study of India’s past.
Ans (a) It was Colin Mackenzie who brought to light the ruins
at Hampi, of the Vijayanagara Kingdom in 1800.
 (Q 3) How was his account useful for the East India Company?
Ans His account were useful in many ways.
(a) Helped the English better understand the India’s past.
(b) Made governance of the Colony easier .
(c) Enabled the foreign ruler’s to understand better
Indian institutions, laws, customs, whose influence still
prevailed among the local masses.