Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c15.s3.t2.2

v1.c15.s3.t2.2

'Abdur Razzāq is the earliest foreign traveller who gives us the official designation of the commander-in-chief of the Vijayanagara forces. According to him the danāik (daṇṇāyaka) was also the chief justice and "his residence lies behind the palace of the king".¹ The Brahman daṇṇāyaka, who returned to the capital after ravaging the territory of Gulbarga, gave him "an assignment for 7,000 fanams on the mint the very day of his arrival".² This presupposes a harmonious working of the civil and military departments about which unfortunately nothing can be gathered.