Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar c6.56

c6.56

Thus the available evidence definitely shows that in the Vijayanagar period, as earlier in the Cōḷa days, the kings in their own life-time anointed their sons as *Yuvarājas* to obviate the possibility of disputes regarding succession to the throne after their death. Having made them *Yuvarājas*, the kings gave them official training in administration. The *Yuvarāja* was placed in charge of the administration of a part of the kingdom, the king watching the rule of the *Yuvarāja* and guiding his administration from a distance.