Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c14.s2.70

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Their example was followed by the provincial rulers. An inscription dated Śaka 1477 (A.D. 1555-6) informs us that a *dēvadāna* village was granted to a mosque (*Tuluk-kan-paḷḷi*) in the reign of Jaṭilavarma-Kulaśēkhara Pāṇḍya.² We have already remarked in connection with the Provincial Administration of Vijayanagara, that even the Nāyakas of Ikkēri maintained the early traditions of fostering the interests of the Muhammadans in their territories.³