Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c24.s2.16

v2.c24.s2.16

In A. D. 1388 all the (?) merchants (bāṇigaru) made a division of lands at Aruṇahaḷḷi to Kampaṇa and others of the same place, and the agreement was written by the village accountant Chauḍōja, with the approval of both parties.¹ The sale-deed of the Kauḍavaḷḷi village and other lands by Achapa's son Viṭhṭhapa, as mentioned in a record of A. D. 1404 already cited, was concluded after the price had been fixed by the arbitrators at 500 *hon*. This agreement was written by the Maduvaṅka-nāḍ Sēnabova Siṅgarasa with the approval of both parties.² In A. D. 1421 all the Brahmans (named) of Hiriya-Hoḷalūr in Sāntalige-nāḍ, sold certain specified land in Hangarabayal belonging to the same place, to the *Parama-haṃsa-parivrājakāchārya* Tīrthamuttūr Śaṅkara Bhārati Śrīpada in Keḷabhāgi of Sāntalige, for forty-eight *hon*, the price fixed by arbitrators.³ Certain Heggaḍes (named) of Mēguravaḷi in Maduvaḷige-nāḍ, in A. D. 1417, sold to Dēvappayya (descent stated), lands under the tank built in Mumbeḷe for 42½ *hon*, the price fixed by arbitrators.⁴ A record dated A. D. 1424 informs us that Kōdūr Tirika Heggaḍe, in A. D. 1396, had sold the Kūṭahaḷḷi village to some one for eighty *hon*, the price fixed by arbitrators.⁵