A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c21.s3.t17.81

c21.s3.t17.81

Another captain, called Adapanayque, who is the chief counsellor of the King, is lord of the country of Gate,⁷ whence come the diamonds, and of many other territories which yield him three hundred thousand gold *pardaos*, excluding the precious stones which form a revenue by themselves. He pays to the King every year forty thousand *pardaos*, with the condition that all diamonds which exceed twenty *mangelins*¹ in weight shall be given to the King for his Treasury. He serves with eight thousand foot and eight hundred horse and thirty elephants, and pays the King every year one hundred thousand *pardaos*.