Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar c8.119

c8.119

from the village. The latter portion records that the temple authorities ratified a sale of land made by those who served in the same turn as the culprit, for paying off the price of the jewel stolen away and rewarding the informers.⁶⁶ Sometimes the criminals were tortured to death. One Tānādār Dilavar for instance, who used to kill the children of the farmers and others in the Dummi Śīme, was tortured to death. In such cases the loss of the aggrieved party was sought to be compensated by the State. Gauḍayya was one of those killed by the said Tānādār Dilavar. Hence his children were given Cikka Gaṅgūr as a nettara gōḍage.⁶⁷ In this connection Havart’s representation in which the Golkonda ministers Akkaṇṇa and Madaṇṇa are tortured to death is of great interest.⁶⁸