Hampi is supposed to be the birthplace of the Karnatic School.
The Empire weakened and ended in the 16th century. New dynasties, the Nayaks, the Pallegars and the Wadiyars came up. Haidar Ali subdued the various chieftains and he became the Sultan in the second half of the 18th century. His conflict with therising British power ended in the death, while fighting, of his famous son, Tipu Sultan, in 1799. The state was restored to the Wadiyar Dynasty, though it remained under the British control.
KERALA
Legend says that Kerala emergedfrom the sea as a gift for Parasurama, the 6th incarnation of Vishnu. The length of the land isthe distance covered by his axe when he hurled it.
COCHIN - JEWISH SYNAGOGUE
In the 9th century the foundation was laid for a powerful dynasty, the Cheras. After the fall of the Cheras, the local chiefs established their rule. Vascodagama arrived at Calicut in1498. Calicut was then the capital of the Zamorins, the powerful Hindu rulers. The Dutch arrived in 1663. They outmaneuvered the Portuguese in business and soon usurped their power and influence. In the 18th century the British East India Company was able to reduce both the powerful rulers of the time.
In 1947, the state of Travancore and Cochin together with the Malabar area directly ruled by theBritish , formed a new state. Cranganore, Quilon, Cochin, Calicut, Kadalundi, Cannanore and Dharmadam were busy trading centers even three thousand years ago, carrying on trade with Assyrian and Babylonian Empires.
The first batch of Jews had arrived in Kerala, according to tradition, in King Solomon's ship. They had their flourishing settlement near Cochin. Kerala was also the first to welcome theChristians in India, headed by St. Thomas, the Apostle, who arrived in India within years of the death of Jesus Christ.
MADHYA PRADESH
Madhya Pradesh had been the cradle of pre-neolithic and Neolithic civilizations. Asoka, the Great, in his youth, was stationed at Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh , as the Viceroy of the Maurya dynasty over the region. Later asthe promoter of Buddhism, he laidthe foundation for the Sanchi Stupa, one of the famous Buddhist sites.
Later the legendary king, Vikramaditya of the Gupta dynasty ruled from Ujjain. King Yasodharaman of Malwa repulsed the Gupta Empire in the 6thcentury. Madhya Pradesh has many monuments and sites of historical importance associated with various dynasties. Apart from the classical culture, the tribal population also has various varied cultural strains that are unchanged for several thousand years.
MAHARASTRA
Maharastra can be divided into three regions, Western Maharastra, Vidarbha and Marathwada. Vidarba was very famous in ancient times. There are numerous references to this kingdom in the Mahabharata and several other mythological works as well as in folklore. Rukmini, married to Krishna, was a princess of Vidarba.
In the 3rd century B.C., Maharastra was a part of the Mauryan Empire. As the Mauryan Empire declined, Maharastra came under the rule of various dynasties like the Satavahanas, the Traikutakas, the Vatakas, theChalukyas and the Yadavas. Significant cultural activities continued between 3rd and 9th century A.D., during which the remarkable frescos of the Ajantacaves were made.
Towards the close of the 13th century, Maharastra came under Muslim rule. In the first part of the 17th century the great Chatrapati Shivaji emerged who gave the Marathas a new sense of unity and purpose. Early in the 19th century, Maharastra came under the British domination.
ODISHA
Odisha was famous as Kalinga, in ancient times. The Mahabharata describes it as the land inhabited by Rishis and the Brahma Purana calls it as the land blessed and adorned with all the virtues. Traces of Neolithic life are found here and the Juang tribe found here are the last surviving tribes among the vanishing descendantsof the stone age