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Western Ganga Dynasty (350 AD - 1000 AD)
It is theorised that the Gangas may have taken advantage of the confusion caused by the invasion of southern India by the northern king Samudra Gu...
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The Chalukyas (550 AD - 753 AD)
According to the travelogues of the Chinese traveler Hsuan-Tsang, the Chalukya Empire possibly covered present day Karnataka, Maharashtra and coas...
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Hebbal-Kittayya Inscription Stone (750 AD)
The Hebbal-Kittayya inscription stone dates back to the Ganga dynasty in Karnataka and mentions the administration of Sripurusha, who ruled betwee...
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The Rashtrakutas (753 AD - 1000 AD)
Rashtrakutas of Manyakheta defeated the Chalukyas and came to rule whole of Karnataka from 753 AD. The Rashtrakuta kings and their feudatories ...
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Begur Temple (900 AD)
Begur was a town south of Bangalore (but now within the city boundaries). The Nageshwara Temple at Begur was built around 900 AD under the Western...
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Earliest 'Bengaluru' reference (900 AD)
The earliest reference to the name "Benguluru" was found in a ninth-century Western Ganga Dynasty stone inscription on a "vīra gallu" (literally, ...
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Hoysalas at Belur (950 AD - 1336 AD)
The Hoysala Empire was a prominent South Indian Kannadiga empire between the 10th and the 14th centuries. The capital of the Hoysalas was initiall...
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Books
Discovering Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Bangalore, Bengaluru: Imaginations and Their Times
Heritage Trees
Whatever He Touched, He Adorned
Bengaluru/Bangalore: In First Person Singular
Bangalore Tiger: How Indian Tech Upstart Wipro Is Rewriting the Rules of Global Competition
Deccan Traverses: The Making of Bangalore's Terrain
Bangalored - The Expat Story
Bangalore: Swinging in the 70s
Bangalore Multiplicity
Cities and Canopies: Trees in Indian Cities
Nature in the City
Bangalore Blue - A Bunch of Nostalgic Tales for and by True-Blue Bangaloreans
Bangalore: Roots and Beyond
The Promise Of The Metropolis: Bangalore's Twentieth Century
Landscapes of Urban Memory: The Sacred and the Civic in India's High-tech City
Bangalore: A Century of Tales from City and Cantonment
The Sacred and the Public
Bangalore & Karnataka Footprint Focus Guide
Bengaluru Mandis - Hidden Hues
Building Bangalore: Architecture and urban transformation in India's Silicon Valley
Bangalore
Follow My Bangalorey Man
Bangalore and Karnataka 2nd Edition
Multiple City - Writings on Bangalore
Bangalore Through The Centuries
Growing up in the Knowledge Society: Living the IT Dream in Bangalore
Eicher City Map : Bangalore
Cuisine
Masala Dosa
Raagi Mudde
Paddu or Gundponglu
Joolada Rotti / Bhakri
Avalakki
Ottu Shavige / Semiya
Akki Rotti
Vangi Bath
Kodubale
Maddur Vada
Ambode
Nippattu
Raagi Rotti
Bisi Bele Bath
Avalakki Chuda
Crafts
Metal Casting
Wood and lac turnery of Channapatna
Wood Carving
Stone Carving
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