Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c13.s3.5

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¹ For some remarks on this subject see Rice, My. Gaz. I, p. 480 (1st ed.); I, p. 587, seq., (Rev. ed.) A.C.P. dated S. 1578 of the times of Sriranga Rāya (No. 19 of 1916-17) deals with the settlement of a case of *gauḍike* rights by the village court (*dharmāsana*) of Harati. This is ten years after the flight of Raṅga Rāya to Bedhore. If the authenticity of this inscription could be proved, we have some evidence of the existence of village courts in A.D. 1656-7. On the last days of Sriranga Rāya, who is by some styled II, and by others, III, of that name, see S. K. Aiyangar, in Satyanatha, Nayaks, p. 133, n. (60).