Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c12.s2.t2.67

v1.c12.s2.t2.67

A corrupt copper-plate grant dated about A.D. 1576 informs us that an unburnt clay pot was carried round boundaries. "If any mistake is made in tracing the boundary the pot breaks".⁴ The following is related in the epigraph: ". . . When Hire-Hanumappa Nāyaka's son Raṅgappa Nāyaka was protecting the gaḍi—and Maya-goṇḍa Gauḍa managing the Koḍamagi-gaḍi—he came to their house and demanded their security. On which Mayagoṇḍa Gauḍa gave Timmappa as security, and Kariyanna Gauḍa of Hole-Honnūr gave Mallappa as security. And asking permission, Mayagoṇḍa Gauḍa requested a haṇḍege and giving a feast (as specified) to Brahmans and gauḍas, performing worship and carrying the god Hanumanta of Anuveri in procession behind an elephant, they set out with the haṇḍege, when the Nāḍiga Yaṅkappa, prostrating himself, made petition and fixed the banyan tree as the boundary, setting up a sone".⁵