Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c10.s9.12

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The names of some of the prominent *thānas* in the western parts of the Vijayanagara Empire are given in an inscription dated A.D. 1606. They were the following: Ikkēri, Sadāśiva, Sāgara, Sirivaṅte, Kesanūr, Tavanidhi, Gutti, Jaḍeya, Kupaṭūr, Soraba, Togarasi, Kabūr, Uḍugaṇi, Jambūr, Mahādēvapura, Kumbasi, Hāranahaḷḷi, Ānaṅdapura, Mosarūr, Pombuchcha, Dānivāsa, Araga, Durgga, Āgumbe, Kōvi, Bāguñji, Belare, Kalasa, Mēgunda, Kiga, Nemmāru, Muttūru, Muḍe, Kāru, Bidirūru, Hulikallu, Hannara, Karaūru, Saulanāḍu, Sāvaṅtanakaṭṭe, Bhāraṅgi, and Āvinahaḷḷi.¹ From an inscription dated A.D. 1542, it appears that the superior officer, who was responsible for customs dues, was called nāyaka, and his office, pāṭupaṭya;² while the officials under him, as we shall see presently, were known as the adhikāris of the hejjuṅka. Two adhikāris are mentioned in A.D. 1518.³