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Discuss how Vijayanagar empire became the cultural capital of the south?

  • UPSC 2019
  • The Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century: Society and Culture

Vijayanagara's status as the south's cultural capital was not automatic upon its founding in 1336 but built up across two centuries through a specific sequence of political, ideological, and patronage choices.

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  • Stage One: Absorbing Talent from a Collapsed Political Order
  • Stage Two: Self-Positioning as Protector of Hindu Dharma
  • Stage Three: A Genuinely Plurilingual Court No Single Region Could Match
  • Stage Four: Cultural Influence Outlasting Political Power
  • Resolving the Claim

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