Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar c11.65

c11.65

These Āyagārs had onerous responsibilities within their locality. They were the guardians of the peace within their jurisdiction. No transfer of property could be effected or grant made without the knowledge and consent of these village functionaries. According to a damaged record at Guṇḍala in the Kurnool district for instance, when Doḍḷa Veṅkaṭanāyaniṅgāru died, his son appointed an agent to supervise the Doḍḷa charities, viz., the Prākāra wall, pavilions, flower gardens, ponds and others in the temple of Cannakēśavaperumāḷ at Guṇḍal in Dhōni sīma and gave him some land in Tāḍūru with the consent of the Reḍḍi, Karaṇam, and the Talāri of the village.⁴⁷ Sales of land had to be made only with the knowledge of these officers and invariably the Karaṇika or the accountant was the writer of the sale deed, as he still continues to be in the villages.