[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.s3.35 # Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c19.s3.35 Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c19.s3.35 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s3.35) "The Bramins are wont to burne Kowes excrements, and with the ashes for devotion meeting with the Gentiles to dawbe their forehead and nose; who so painted wash not that day for devotion of the Kow".⁴ John Huighen Van Linschoten in A. D. 1583 noted the following about the Brahmans: - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s3.34) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s3.36) - [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.s3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s3.35) · Pramāṇa