Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar c5.3

c5.3

In one sense the history of the world is the history of empires. The world has witnessed the rise, growth and decay of many empires. They have been reared by great statesmen and notable administrators, but soon after the removal of their strong arms there appear signs of decay in the empires and after a struggling existence for a few more years they finally disappear. Such have been the Babylonian, the Assyrian and the Egyptian empires. Coming nearer home, India was the scene of such empires as those of the Nandas, the Mauryas, the Guptas and Cōḷas, and of Vijayanagar. All the empires had only relatively short leases of life; but each of these has left some traces of its existence, and but for such contributions these empires would have been forgotten long ago.