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  • 5 - Imperial collapse and aftermath: 1542–1700

  • Burton Stein
  • Book:
    The New Cambridge History of India
    Published online:
    28 March 2008
    Print publication:
    08 March 1990, pp 109-139

  • Summary

    Throughout Vijayanagara history Muslim warriors played a part of coalition building. Art and architectural historians speak of a 'Vijayanagara temple style' whose features distinguish it from all others. The very first datable shrines constructed at Hampi during the first dynasty of Vijayanagara were devoted to Jaina deities. Rama Raja had launched new imperial initiatives on two fronts. Early in his regency, he sought a more secure imperial presence in the far south where nayaka control over Madurai was being consolidated. Patrimonialism and trade became the two historical motifs of the last phase of Vijayanagara. A distinction less fully developed by Subrahmanyam and others pertains to the fiscal implications of there being two fundamental production zones in the peninsula. On the riverine plains and along the coasts there were established production and crafting centres which permitted lucrative revenue-farming contracts.