pillared audience halls, giant statues... of solid granite and schist. And so it is with the magical city of Hampi in India's south-western state of Karnataka that flourished amidst a wild lunar ...

Constructed in the 15th century, it is and one of the foremost tourist attractions of Hampi. The words fail to describe its splendour and when you see hundred pillared pavilion or mandapa ...

The Archaeological Survey of India will reopen the 80-pillared assembly hall in Kumhrar, thought to be used by Emperor Ashoka, after 20 years. The site, crucial for understanding Mauryan architecture, ...