Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c10.s7.22

v1.c10.s7.22

While we have, therefore, some evidence for affirming that there was a centralized treasury at the capital, proof is not easily forthcoming to enable us to suppose that the provincial governments had treasuries of their own. Nevertheless there are some inscriptions which suggest that the provincial rulers must have had some kind of treasury to meet current expenses of administration. In A.D. 1506 the Mahā-prabhu Vighnēśvara Oḍeyar was placed over Sigala-nāḍu, which is described as a province belonging to "Chikka-Rāja Oḍeyar's treasury".⁶ We may conjecture that the miscellaneous tolls for the council and accounts, mentioned in A.D. 1563,⁷ refer to the revenue administration and treasury of the provincial government.