A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c21.s3.t3.25

c21.s3.t3.25

After his death a son remained to him who inherited the kingdom and was called . . . ¹, and this King, as soon as he began to reign, sent to call his treasurers and the minister and the scribes of his household, and inquired of them the revenue of his kingdom, and learned how much revenue came in yearly; and His Highness had every year thirteen millions of gold. This King granted to the pagodas a fifth part of the revenue of his kingdom; no law is possible in the country where these pagodas are, save only the law of the Brahmans, which is that of the priests; and so the people suffer.