Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar c13.3

c13.3

The establishment of a strong central government at the capital and the rigid control it exercised even over the outlying parts of the empire resulted in the appointment of special officers or agents over those areas. The Vijayanagar sovereigns appointed Karṇāṭaka and Telugu generals as the viceroys of provinces and rulers of districts; and they took with them a large retinue even to the distant parts of the empire. As observed earlier such colonisation of the provinces by a particular community made for important changes in the community itself and in the localities concerned. Linguistic differences also played a prominent part in this development.