Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c12.s2.t1.9

v1.c12.s2.t1.9

The assemblies of the other residents which existed side by side with Brahman organizations, were known by the names ūr and nagarollōm. As regards the rules concerning membership of these two kinds of assemblies, we have unfortunately not many details; but "it is not unlikely that all the conditions pertaining to membership in the Brahmanical sabhās prevailed, except perhaps the knowledge of the Vēdas".²