Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c15.s7.15

v1.c15.s7.15

Having thus formed some idea of the vastness and arrangement of the Hindu camp, we may now proceed to note a few more details about it. Nuniz tells us the manner in which the camp was supplied with the necessities of life. "In this order, as I have stated, they left the city of Bisnaga, and with them a great number of merchants, besides many others who were already in advance with all supplies; so that wherever you may be you will at once find all you want. Every captain has his merchants who are compelled to give him all supplies requisite for all his people, and in the same way they carry all other necessaries".² In the description of the actual camp at Raichur which we have noted above, Nuniz says how the services of these merchants were called into requisition in order to turn "so barren a country" into a prosperous city.