Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar c16.3

c16.3

Many of the Vijayanagar monuments belonged to the Dravidian style of architecture. Speaking about this style Professor Jouveau-Dubreuil observes: "The Pallava period (600-850) is that of sculptured rocks, the early Cōḷa period (850-1100) that of grand vimānas, the later Cōḷa period (1100-1350) that of the most beautiful gōpuras, the Vijayanagar period (1350-1600) that of maṇṭapas (pillared halls) and the modern period after 1600 that of corridors."¹