Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c9.s2.160

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⁷⁸ For further remarks on the futility of maintaining that Vidyāraṇya helped the founders to build the Empire, read Gopinatha Rao, *Madhurāvijayam*, Intr., pp. 15-8. That the post of minister under Bukka in A.D. 1368, was held by a disciple of Kāśivilāsa Kriyāśakti Āchārya of the Srikaṇṭhāgama, is evident from a record of that date. E.C., VII, Sk. 281, p.