UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 2014 · Q8(a) · 20 marks
To what extent is ‘Segmentary State’ model relevant for defining the Vijayanagar State? Critically examine.
- Chapter
- The Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century-Political
- Topic
- Vijayanagara: Rise, Polity and Krishnadevaraya
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