Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar c6.29

c6.29

In this connection we can examine the so called system of Co-rulership that is said to have prevailed in the Vijayanagar court. This is a question of some constitutional importance. If we are to say that there was a Co-ruler as distinct from the Yuvarāja, what was his constitutional position and in what relation did he stand to the Yuvarāja?