Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar c5.4

c5.4

The pyramids which recall the Egyptian empire and its glory are not only the result of forced labour and prodigal expenditure but also a standing monument of what may seem to us to be misdirected energy. The Cōḷa empire has left behind it huge temples with their exquisitely carved sculptures. Great Tamil literary celebrities flourished under the Cōḷa kings and many of their works have come down to us. Likewise the Vijayanagar empire too has left permanent traces of its existence. There is no field of national life which Vijayanagar has not influenced. In the fields of religion, literature, arts and politics the Vijayanagar empire contributed much that is of permanent value.