Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c24.s1.101

v2.c24.s1.101

In A. D. 1228 the kings Iśvara Dēva, Māda Dēva and Malli Dēva of the Sinda-kula and various sāvantas (named), Chikka Bēgūr and Bāsūr, made grants of offerings (specified) for the god Rāmanātha of Mora-Guruva. And the nāḷ-prabhus (named) followed their example by granting specified offerings at the various seasonal festivals. The five hundred svāmis and a number of others (named) including sāvantas, the 300 Billas of the Ninety-six Thousand, and boatmen, the bōvas, and the ālegolegas made a grant of the fallen areca-nuts in Baḷḷe, Kuṛuva and Bēgūr, and the boatmen's taxes in those places, evidently for the offerings of the same god.¹