Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c10.s9.19

v1.c10.s9.19

The names of some dues given in A.D. 1404 were suṅka, kāruka, grāma-gadyāṇa, and pañcha-kāruka.³ The transit duties in about A.D. 1413 in Baṅkiyapura, in the Dummi-nāḍ and Bānūr-nāḍ, included those on areca-nuts, on loads of betel leaf, on contract for articles coming from beyond the river, and on those coming from another (as for example, Baṅkiyapura) *ṭhāṇa*.¹