Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c7.s3.109

v1.c7.s3.109

"In it (the Yaduvaṁśa) there was a king named Saṅgama of highest qualities, by whom the Lakshmī the Karṇāṭa country was enabled permanently to wear her ear-rings (i.e., She was not allowed to remain a widow, or without a lord)."² In the *Madhurāvijayam*, too, we have the statement that Bukka was the full moon to the eyes of the people of Karṇāṭaka. Thus writes the famous Princess Gaṅgādēvī:³