Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c15.s2.4

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² *Sukraniti*, IV., vii., l. 41, p. 128. Śukra further enjoins that the ruler whose income is a lac *karsha* (or one lakh of rupees) should have every year one hundred reserve force of same age, well accoutred and decently equipped with weapons and missiles, three hundred foot soldiers armed with lesser fire-arms or guns, eighty horses, one chariot, two larger fire-arms or cannon, ten camels, two elephants, two chariots, sixteen bulls, six clerks, and three councillors. *Ibid.*, ll. 47-52, p. 219. See also I., II. 365-74, p. 24 for different kinds of kings.