Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c8.s2.37
Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c8.s2.37
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The royal horses, which were branded with the king's mark,² shared this unique honour at the hands of the monarch along with the State elephants. The price of the elephants was naturally exorbitant. According to Barbosa, "the elephants, (were paid) at the price of fifteen hundred to two thousand ducats each, because they are very great and well-fitted for war, and for taking about with him (the king) continually for state".³