Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar c13.s3.7

c13.s3.7

As said above the people also used to bedeck themselves with costly ornaments. Abdur Razāk says: “All the inhabitants of the country whether high or low even down to the artificers of the bazaar, wear jewels and gilt ornaments in their ears and around their necks, arms, wrists and fingers.”240 Barbosa mentions the many rings set with precious stones and many ear-rings set with many fine pearls on their ears.²⁴¹