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Amuktamalyada dwells much upon the relationship of fort, Brahmanas and dispersed tribal groups. Comment.

  • UPSC 2020
  • The Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century: Political History

The Amuktamalyada, the Telugu statecraft-and-devotional text attributed to Krishnadevaraya himself, contains an extended rajaniti (statecraft) section whose practical advice on holding a large, militarily diverse empire together centres on precisely these three elements.

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  • Forts and Brahmana Commanders as an Anti-Coalition Device
  • Dispersed Tribal Groups as Frontier Manpower and Frontier Risk
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