Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2018 4:37:28 GMT
A famous text book, written by Gijs Kruijtzer. This summarises the wars of various races, after the fall of VijayNagar Kingdom, and how, the 'class brahmin', people of pen, rose to the occassion. Quoting an excerpt of an interview which a famous brahmin brother, Akkanna, with Dutch East IndiaCompany employee Michiel Janszoon in 1683
…you yourself can imagine which government serves the king best, ours or that of the Moors; ours being fullheartedly devoted to the welfare of the country, while we are not people who have or seek other countries, but that of the Moors is only to the end of
becoming rich and then to leave for those places which they consider to be either their fatherland or holy. 1 Akkanna, 1683
These two brothers created the most brutal reveneue, and surprisingly, they did it under islamic rule of hyderabad
This is remarkable because they were administrators and ruled it and a large part of the elite of the sultanate were Muslims.
The brothers were born in Hanamkonda into a Niyogi Telugu Brahmin family of four brothers and some sisters, among whom, according to a Dutch contemporary source, Akkanna was his mother's favourite. Madanna was, however, the more talented. There has been some discussion in the historical literature about the question whether they were Telugu or Maratha Brahmins. It is probable that they were Smarta Brahmins, who honoured both Shiva or Vishnu, along with Surya.[1] They were Niyogis and also uncles of Bhakta Ramdas. Akkanna's descendants were called Akkarajus and Madanna's descendanants were Madaraju's. Originally they hold surname of Pingili
The most important policies of Madanna were staving off the Mughal emperor and reforming the tax or revenue collection. After the alliance with Shivaji and certain parties in the Bijapur sultanate failed in 1677, the method employed by Madanna to stave off Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, who was intent on subduing the Deccan sultanates, was to pay him off. In modern terms we would call this policy 'appeasement'. In order to be able to pay the enormous tributes to the Mughal emperor, Madanna reformed the revenue system. Briefly, he made sure that as little money as possible was left with the intermediaries in the collection chain and that the revenue collected from the agriculturalists, artisans and traders came directly to the state.[4]
The English factors in Madras reported in July 1676 that the oppressive rule of Madanna, the people were peeled and squeezed for revenue.
Google Link
openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/bitstream/handle/1887/21362/file154977.pdf?...1
…you yourself can imagine which government serves the king best, ours or that of the Moors; ours being fullheartedly devoted to the welfare of the country, while we are not people who have or seek other countries, but that of the Moors is only to the end of
becoming rich and then to leave for those places which they consider to be either their fatherland or holy. 1 Akkanna, 1683
These two brothers created the most brutal reveneue, and surprisingly, they did it under islamic rule of hyderabad
This is remarkable because they were administrators and ruled it and a large part of the elite of the sultanate were Muslims.
The brothers were born in Hanamkonda into a Niyogi Telugu Brahmin family of four brothers and some sisters, among whom, according to a Dutch contemporary source, Akkanna was his mother's favourite. Madanna was, however, the more talented. There has been some discussion in the historical literature about the question whether they were Telugu or Maratha Brahmins. It is probable that they were Smarta Brahmins, who honoured both Shiva or Vishnu, along with Surya.[1] They were Niyogis and also uncles of Bhakta Ramdas. Akkanna's descendants were called Akkarajus and Madanna's descendanants were Madaraju's. Originally they hold surname of Pingili
The most important policies of Madanna were staving off the Mughal emperor and reforming the tax or revenue collection. After the alliance with Shivaji and certain parties in the Bijapur sultanate failed in 1677, the method employed by Madanna to stave off Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, who was intent on subduing the Deccan sultanates, was to pay him off. In modern terms we would call this policy 'appeasement'. In order to be able to pay the enormous tributes to the Mughal emperor, Madanna reformed the revenue system. Briefly, he made sure that as little money as possible was left with the intermediaries in the collection chain and that the revenue collected from the agriculturalists, artisans and traders came directly to the state.[4]
The English factors in Madras reported in July 1676 that the oppressive rule of Madanna, the people were peeled and squeezed for revenue.
Google Link
openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/bitstream/handle/1887/21362/file154977.pdf?...1
