Were They Acts Of Vandalism/Mason Marks?
4. Were they acts of vandalism/ mason marks?
In 1567 A.D, 2 years after the Battle of Talikota and the sacking of the Vijayanagara imperial capital, Cesare Frederici, an Italian traveller, visited the city of Vijayanagara and documented Emperor Tirumala trying to repopulate the ruined capital city. For the purposes of this chapter, the failed attempt by Emperor Tirumala of the Aravidu dynasty to repopulate the capital after the defeat of the Vijayanagara Empire at the battle of Talikota will not be considered.
One of the reasons for this would be the fact that most of the city’s population was reported to have fled the city before the arrival of the Sultanate armies, the accounts of Cesare Frederici describes only the attempted repopulation …show more content…
This shows an awareness of type and function of certain spaces within the temple complexes so as not to occupy the spaces that are used for daily ritual functions or the ceremonial pathway or axis. It is also unlikely that these patterns were carved at any point before the construction of the temple, or at a stone quarry due to, once again, the regularity in their …show more content…
It is unknown as to specificities of the modes of manufacturing the patterns on the stone slabs, but the tools and skillset required are most likely to be the same as those used by the stone masons to carve the temples themselves, owing to the visible precision of the game pattern carvings, it can be said that the ones who carved these games were of considerable skill in not just carving on stone but also to handle the tool set used to carve on
In 1567 A.D, 2 years after the Battle of Talikota and the sacking of the Vijayanagara imperial capital, Cesare Frederici, an Italian traveller, visited the city of Vijayanagara and documented Emperor Tirumala trying to repopulate the ruined capital city. For the purposes of this chapter, the failed attempt by Emperor Tirumala of the Aravidu dynasty to repopulate the capital after the defeat of the Vijayanagara Empire at the battle of Talikota will not be considered.
One of the reasons for this would be the fact that most of the city’s population was reported to have fled the city before the arrival of the Sultanate armies, the accounts of Cesare Frederici describes only the attempted repopulation …show more content…
This shows an awareness of type and function of certain spaces within the temple complexes so as not to occupy the spaces that are used for daily ritual functions or the ceremonial pathway or axis. It is also unlikely that these patterns were carved at any point before the construction of the temple, or at a stone quarry due to, once again, the regularity in their …show more content…
It is unknown as to specificities of the modes of manufacturing the patterns on the stone slabs, but the tools and skillset required are most likely to be the same as those used by the stone masons to carve the temples themselves, owing to the visible precision of the game pattern carvings, it can be said that the ones who carved these games were of considerable skill in not just carving on stone but also to handle the tool set used to carve on