[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.s3.27 # Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c19.s3.27 Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c19.s3.27 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s3.27) These details one looks for in vain in the accounts of foreigners, who were struck as much by the versatility as by the voracity of the Brahmans. There is a touch of admiration not unmixed with contempt in the remark of ‘Abdur Razzāq who couples “the wise Brahmans and the demon-like elephants” in a verse describing the great Mahānavami festival.³ - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s3.26) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s3.28) - [Up: v2.c19.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s3.27) · Pramāṇa