A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c17.110
A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c17.110
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c17.110
It was customary for the emperor to have a plurality of wives and to maintain innumerable maids of honour to wait on them as well as on himself. They had well-appointed, separate apartments, and the maintenance of the harem was no small item in the expenditure of the palace. The royal princes were often employed in administrative offices suited to their capacity. A strong monarch like Krishnadeva Rāya imposed restrictions on the movements of those who might have any pretensions to the throne and kept them under surveillance.