The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c18.109
The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c18.109
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Ranga I, who, according to the Kuniyur plates of Venkata III, 'was renowned in the eight regions' and 'had crossed the milk-ocean of policy'¹, seems to have been the kindest and most obliging sovereign that had ever sat on the jewelled throne of Vijayanagara. He 'was a parijata to dependants', says the Utsur grant of Ranga III²; this is more clear in the Mangalampad grant of Venkata II, which states that he was 'the bestower of wealth on dependants'³. According to an inscription at Nagalapuram, Ranga granted several privileges to the five artisan communities⁴.