Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar c11.83
Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar c11.83
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c11.83
About the existence of such guilds Abdur Razāk says: "The tradesmen of each separate guild or craft have their shops close to one another. The jewellers sell their rubies and pearls and diamonds and emeralds openly in the bazaar."⁵⁸ Paes also says: "There are temples in every street, for these appertain to institutions like the confraternities you know of in our parts, of all the craftsmen and merchants."⁵⁹