War in Ancient India c8.22

c8.22

Coming to South India, in the Vijayanagar period, we have the primary evidence of foreign travellers like Barbosa and Nuniz who testify to the existence of a war council, which the king consulted before undertaking an expedition. Barbosa refers to a decision of one such council (p. 224). Nuniz mentions the council which Kṛṣṇarāya consulted before his march against the Sultan of Bijapur.16 According to Sewell, however, there was no separate war council, apart from the ministers.17