Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c8.s3.59
Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c8.s3.59
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We have already seen something about the elephants in the Vijayanagara times. These animals have always been associated with rank and wealth in India.² Grandiloquent names were given to the howdahs which carried royal personages. Thus that which belonged to Raghunātha Nāyaka of Tanjore, was called Vijayagaruḍādri.³