Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar c6.s1.2

c6.s1.2

The study of the old administrative institutions of any country is beset with many difficulties. When we begin to consider, for instance, the Imperial Council of Vijayanagar, certain problems present themselves for solution. The nature and composition of the Imperial Council, whether the members in it were hereditary or chosen otherwise, the qualifications expected of its members, how far the decisions of the Council were binding on the king—these may serve as examples of such problems.