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Compare the Amaranayakas with the old chiefs of Kakatiyas. Were they different or similar – in what way? |
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Answer» The chiefs under Kakatiyas like nayakas under Vijayanagara kings, usually collected several taxes and dues from farmers, herders and craftspersons. The Kakatiya chiefs enjoyed the ownership of the land and got it cultivated for them by tenants. But nayakas of Vijayanagara were given land assignments by the king. The Kakatiya chiefs spent more of their income on their own comfort than to maintain armies. Whereas the nayakas spent more of their income to maintain armies. Like the Nayakas of Vijayanagara, the Kakatiya chiefs also built tanks and provided other facilities to enable farmers to bring more land under cultivation. Both the officers had to maintain the stipulated number of armies. Unlike the chiefs, the nayakas of Vijayanagara had the other obligations of the judiciary. But the nayankara system of Kakatiya is very much similar to amaranayaka system of the Vijayanagara kingdom. |
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