Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c22.s2.49

v2.c22.s2.49

That war relief was granted to the children of those who fell in a fight or riot is clear from an epigraph dated A.D. 1462 which mentions that in the riot at Hedḍase, Kesalūr Tippa Gauḍa having laid about him and died, a grant of land (specified) was made for his wife and children.³ But there can be no doubt that on some occasions, the services of brave men were merely commemorated by inscribing their deeds on a *viragal*. When the cows of Puleya Haraūr in Hiriya Jiḍḍa-ḷige-nāḍ were being impounded, in A. D. 1454, when Liṅgappa Oḍeyar was the governor of Chandragutti, certain Gauḍas of Kuḷavāḍi (named) fought and died in the struggle. A combined *viragal* (*sāṅgaṭyada virakallu*) was set up for those who died. The inscription does not mention any *umbali* gift granted to their children.⁴