[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mahalingam-1940) › c19.1100 # Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar c19.1100 Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar c19.1100 - **Language:** English ### [c19.1100](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mahalingam-1940.c19.1100) Temples and the mathas in Vijayanagar, 331-338; maintained by royal benefaction and public patronage, 225; a centre of cultural and economic activity, 5, 206; authorities of the, protectors of the interests of the tenants, 226; mortgage of temple lands by the, 227; and conferment of honours on individuals, 229; and tax collection, 225-26; dancing girls attached to, 269; encouragement of education by, 332-33, 349-50, 351; encouragement of industries by, 228-29; kings crowned in the, 333; place of the, in local government, 225-229; purchase of lands by, 92, 96; relation of the, to the Sabhā, 214-15; right of the authorities of, to purchase and sell lands for, 226-27; servants in the, 331-32; treasury in the, a local bank, 92, 227-28; trustees of, and the administration of justice, 228. - [Previous: c19.1099](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mahalingam-1940.c19.1099) - [Next: c19.1101](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mahalingam-1940.c19.1101) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mahalingam-1940.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mahalingam-1940.c19.1100](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.mahalingam-1940.c19.1100) · Pramāṇa