Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c11.s2.t3.56

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Sometimes the inscriptions mention merely one or two subdivisions. Thus the village of Suttamalligai that was granted by Rāmappa Nāyaka in Śaka 1471 expired, Saumya (A.D. 1549), is said to have belonged to Meyguṇrada-valaṇāḍu alias Naripaḷḷināḍu in Magadai-maṇḍalam on the southern bank of the river Pennār.² Raudakuṇḍi-sīmā was in Keḷavaḍi-nāḍu which was a part of Hastināvati-valita, in Śaka 1473 (A.D. 1551-2).³ This term valita seems to have been given to the district in which the capital city was situated. Kurugōḍa-sime in Śaka 1478 (A.D. 1556-7) was the subdivision of Mūganāḍa-vēṇṭhe which was a part of the Hastināvati-valita.⁴ But it is possible that other districts may also have been called by that name. An inscription dated Śaka 1501 (A.D. 1579-80) informs us that the village of Kuṇrattur was situated in Perrumbākkasīrmai which belonged to Tirukkaḷukkuṇraparru in Mugandūr-nāḍu, a subdivision of Āmūr-kōṭṭam, a district of Paḍaiviḍu-rājya in Jayaṅgoṇḍa-Chōḷamaṇḍalam.⁵ This order however is not seen in an inscription dated Śaka 1514 (A.D. 1592-3) which mentions Tiruppuṭkuḷi in Dāmar-kōṭṭam which formed a part of Dāmar-nāḍu in Solingapura-parru, a subdivision of the Chandragiri-rājya in Jayaṅgoṇḍa-Chōḷamaṇḍalam.⁶ From the above we gather the following about the territorial divisions in the Karṇāṭaka and Tamil provinces of the Vijayanagara Empire: