Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar c19.1176

c19.1176

Vijayanagar Empire, abdication under, 14-16; administration in, 5; character of the, 25; architecture, sculpture and painting under, 388-414; Central Government under, 9-39; checks on royal authority under, 21-25; cities in the, 61, and fn.; 112; contribution of, to art and architecture, 6-7; contribution of, to Hinduism, 7-8; early kings of, Śaivas 320-21; education and literature under, 348-87; influence of, in every field of national life, 1, 2; short history of the, 2-4; extent of the empire, 175-77; during the time of Kṛṣṇadēva Rāya, 3; Imperial Council of Ministers in, powers and duties of the, 26-36; judicial administration under, 102-33; kings, harem of the, 263-67; kings, promoters of the Pūrvamaryāda of the people, 217; kings of, protectors of Varṇāśrama-dharma, 239-40; Local Government under, 206-238; Mādhavācāryā’s part in the foundation of 107; military organisation under, 134-174; Nāyaṅkara system under, 5, 82, 195-202; object, significance and results of the foundation of, 18, 302-306; payment of Government servants in, 98; the privileges of the Pāñcālas at, granted to those at Belūr, 245-46; Professional Associations and Guilds under, 220-24; Provincial Organisation under, 175-205; regency under, 16; religion under, 5, 299-347; Revenue Administration under, 41-101; royal duties in, 18-21; rise of a social consciousness among the communities in the period, 6, 244; society under, 239-298; subordinate allies of, 202; the temple under, 225-29; War Council in, 163-64.