Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c20.s5.11

v2.c20.s5.11

The remarks of Nuniz on the ornaments of the women of Vijayanagara are meagre. He speaks of the " thirty six of the most beautiful of the King's wives covered with gold and pearls, and much work of seed-pearls, and in the hands of each a vessel of gold with a lamp of oil burning in it . . . . . These women are so richly bedecked with gold and precious stones that they are hardly able to move ".³