A Concordance of Nayakas: The Vijayanagar Inscriptions in South India

by Noboru Karashima

The nayakas (state administrators and revenue collectors) played a very important role in the Vijayanagar kingdom from the fifteenth to the early seventeenth century. This detailed statistical account of 1030 names of nayakas appearing in 568 inscriptions in Tamil Nadu throws valuable light on the nature of the state and the role of its key functionaries.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195658450
• ISBN13: 9780195658453
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 5.7"