[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934) › v2.c19.s2.t2.40 # Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c19.s2.t2.40 Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c19.s2.t2.40 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s2.t2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s2.t2.40) From the remarks of Paes it appears that Brahmans had to some extent become agriculturists. He writes thus: "The other temples aforesaid are made in the same manner, but this one is the principal one and the oldest; they all have many buildings and gardens with many trees, in which the Brahmans cultivate their vegetables and the other herbs that they eat".⁴ Obviously this refers to the cultivation of vegetables for the daily consumption in their homes, although there is nothing strange in Brahmans taking to a life of agriculture in view of the freedom given to them by the early and mediaeval canonists.⁵ - [Previous: v2.c19.s2.t2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s2.t2.39) - [Next: v2.c19.s2.t2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s2.t2.41) - [Up: v2.c19.s2.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s2.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s2.t2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s2.t2.40) · Pramāṇa