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Subject: Splendou of Vijayanagar - RE: [agathiyar] Navaraaththiri/Dasaraa - chapter 8
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Dear EraMurugan,
At 05:46 AM 10/21/01 +0530, you wrote:
>Dear JayBee-san,
>
>
>"I have no words to express what I saw and to try and tell all I saw is
>hopeless, for I went>
>along with my head so often turned from one side to the other, that I was
>almost falling backwards>
>off my horse with my senses lost. ...."Truly, I was so carried up with
>myself that it seemed as if what>
>I saw was a vision, and that I was in a dream."
>
>அந்தப் போர்த்துக்கீசியப் பயணி 'கண்டறியாதன கண்டேன்' என்று விறுவிறுப்பான
>
>ரன்னிங் கமெண்ட்ரி கொடுத்திருக்கிறார். சரித்திரக் கதை எழுதுகிறவர்கள் இதைக்
>
>கற்பனையில் கண்டு தான் எழுத வேண்டும். அதெல்லாம் இந்தப் பிரமிப்பூட்டும்
>
>நிஜத்தின் முன் நிற்க முடியுமா?>
>"The king commands to pitch his tent of Mecca velvet"
>
>மக்க மாநகரிலிருந்து வெல்வெட் துணி இங்கே வந்ததா? அந்நகருக்கு இப்படி ஒரு
>
>வணிகச் சிறப்பும் உண்டா?
The magnificence and size of the city was really
astounding. Unbeleivable.
Was it...could it have been possible.....
that such a city really could have existed?
Well, we have the ruins and remains and remnants that
bear witness to atleast a very very minuscule fractional
percentage of that splendour and grandeur.
Since I am tied down at present, I am writing a
very brief and cursory account. But the pictures that I
have uploaded will speak volumes.
First of all, the size of the city.
It is recorded that it was surrounded by seven walls
and fortifications. The outer wall was said to be sixty miles
in circumference. In the first picture, you will see remnants
of the inner three walls. But if you make a rough estimate
about the length of the second innermost wall that is visible
in the picture, you will find that it is more than ten miles.
If you complete the circuit, it will be anywhere around fifteen
to twenty miles.
There is a small segment of an outer wall. If you project
its dimensions, the circumference of that wall will be more.
Likewise, the outermost wall will certainly be more
than sixty miles. The Portuguese traveller has said that from
the city was seven miles across. The ruins reveal that,it was
eight miles.
Have a look at the map in this URL-
http://www.geocities.com/visva.geo/vijayanagar11.jpg
It is supposed to have had very broad bazaar streets.
This view shos the bazaar street. See how wide it is. The is
a nine tiered temple in the distance. The small size of the
temple in the distance would show the length of the street.
Abdul Razaak, the Persian ambassador says.....
"Behind the Mint is a sort of bazaar which is more than
three hunder ghaz(yard) in length and more than twenty ghaz in
breadth. On both sides, are ranged houses and fore-courts......"
http://www.geocities.com/visva.geo/vijayanagarbazaarstreet1.jpg
Let us see what Abdul Razaak, has to say about the
elephant stables.
"Each elephant has a separate compartment, the walls of
which are extremely solid, and the roof composed of strong pieces
of wood".
http://www.geocities.com/visva.geo/vijayanagarelephantstables1.jpg
This much for the time-being. I have to attend to another
important matter.
I have to perform a 'satru samharaam' also.
You see...Vijaya Dasami!
I will write more, later.
Regards
JayBee
>
>
>"The captains who had their stations inside the city, drew up their troops
>on the flat tops
>
>of the houses and also put up scaffoldings across the mouths of streets to
>hold the troops"
>
>இந்தக் காலத்தில் முதலமைச்சர் வெளியே போகும் போது, வரும்போது
>
>அவர் பகுதி வாசிகள் படும் கஷ்டத்தைப் போல் விஜயநகர வாசிகளும் பட்டிருப்பார்களோ :-)
>
>
>
>"reins were of twisted silk....horse-men wore quilted tunics, of brocade,
>velvet,
>
>and every kind of silk..were on the neck, georgettes or silk...caparison of
>velvet and gold
>
>with fringes..dresses of such rich clothes that I do not know where they
>come from"
>
>முனைவர் கணேசன் பஞ்சு பற்றிச் சுவையாக இன்னொரு இழை தொடங்கியிருக்கிறார்.
>
>இங்கே பட்டு மயம் தான். கர்நாடகத்தில்பட்டு உற்பத்தி தொடங்கியது
>
>விஜய நகரப் பேரரசு காலத்தில் தானா?
>
>
>
>"tunics had layers of very strong leather and furnished with iron plates"
>
>தையல்காரர்களை பெண்டு நிமிர்த்தி வேலை வாங்கி இருப்பார்கள் ..
>
>சல்லடை ஜாக்கெட் தைப்பதை விடக் கஷ்டமாக இருந்திருக்கும் :-)
>
>
>
>அன்புடன்,
>
>இரா.முருகன்
>
>
>
>anbudan,
>EraMurukan
>
>======================>
