Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar c19.708

c19.708

Paes, a Portuguese traveller, on the beds in the palace, 289; on the cap of the kings, 284; on the captains (evidently nāyakas) under Kṛṣṇadēva Rāya, 197-8; on the Chief of the Guard, 39; on the cities and villages in the empire, 278; on the construction of the ‘House of Victory,’ 402; on the courtezans, 268; on the dancing girls attached to temples, 269; on the dancing hall in the palace, 295; on the dietary of the Vijayanagar kings, 281; on the Dīpāvali, 341 and fn.; on the dress of Kṛṣṇadēva Rāya, 284; on the dress of the soldiers at the time of the review, 146; on the entertainment of Muham-madans in the Vijayanagar army, 144, 162, 319; on the extent of the empire of Kṛṣṇadēva Rāya, 176-77; on the family women, 263; on the form and size of the city, 405-06, 407; on the fortresses and forests on the frontiers of the Vijayanagar empire, 155-6; on the friendship among the wives of the king, 264, and fn.; on the Governor of Vijayanagar, 234; on the graded nature of the status of the officers of the army, 159; on the guilds, 223; on the hoarding of wealth by the kings, 101; on the houses in the harem, 264; on the houses of the middle class people, 279-80; on how the wives were asked to come to the king, 264; on the Jogi, 345; on Kṛṣṇadēva Rāya’s harem, 101, 265; on Kṛṣṇadēva Rāya’s offer of a human sacrifice, 345; on Kṛṣṇadēva Rāya’s practice in wrestling, 291; on Kṛṣṇadēva Rāya’s respect for Brahmans, 240; on Kṛṣṇadēva Rāya’s wealth, 50; on the Mahānavami festival, 272; on the nāyaṅkaru system, 82, 195-96; on the occupation of the Brahmans, 241; on the offer of sacrifice during the Mahānavami festival, 339; on the ornaments used by women, 288; on the paintings in the palace at Vijayanagar, 7, 412-13; on the palace of the king, 278-79; on the patēca worn by Kṛṣṇadēva Rāya, 287; on the pay of the soldiers, 160; on the peaceful life of the Brahmans, 244; on the people going about bare-footed, 285; on the plumes, 274; on the prevention of brick walls being built round cities and towns, 157; on the regular programme of Kṛṣṇadēva Rāya, 276-77; on the review of forces by Kṛṣṇadēva Rāya, 161; on salām, at the Vijayanagar court, 272-73; on Sāluva Timma’s position in the kingdom, 35; on the services rendered by the women in the harem, 266; on the slaughter of sheep at the capital, 344-45; on social contributions at Vijayanagar, 68-69; on the strength of the Vijayanagar army, 135; on the time of Kṛṣṇadēva Rāya’s payment to his soldiers, 159; on the use of shoes, 285; on the war elephants at Vijayanagar, 149; on women with caps in the Mahānavami festival, 286; on wrestling, 290; silence of, regarding the shooting of the three arrows by the king, 161; value of the chronicle of, for the study of the revenue administration under Vijayanagar, 41.