History · Sources of Medieval Indian History
UGC NET June 2023 History (Shift-I)
Who calls the political economy of the Vijayanagara regime of the sixteenth century 'feudal'?
AN. Karashima ✓ Correct
BBurton Stein
CK.V. Ramesh
DN. Venkataramanayya
Correct answer: (A) N. Karashima — It was N. Karashima, so the answer is N. Karashima.
Explanation
★It was N. Karashima, so the answer is N. Karashima.
★The Japanese scholar Noboru Karashima rejected the segmentary state model of Burton Stein.
★He applied the system of sub-infeudation to the Vijayanagara state.
★He adopted a feudal interpretation of the Vijayanagara polity, particularly in the sixteenth century.
★His model focused on the relations between kings and local lordships and the appearance of complex land-holding rights.
★So the one who called the Vijayanagara economy feudal was N. Karashima.
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