Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c18.s5.t3.1

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The besa-vaga and the sale of human beings are also seen in Vijayanagara history. Both inscriptions and the accounts of foreign travellers contain direct reference to slaves in the Hindu Empire. About A.D. 1470 the worshipper of the feet of all the Brahmans of the immemorial agrahāra Kuppaṭūr, Korana Haripa's son Si...bond-servant (besa-vaga) killed a tiger which had entered the precincts of the town.² As regards female slaves, we may recount the dues granted by the Sālu-Mūle Baṇajigas to Muda Daṇṇāyaka in A.D. 1382 on various commodities amongst which female slaves are mentioned. In this connection it is worthwhile to note that the Holeyas are classed among the dependents at the feet of the Vira Baṇajigas.³