. Administration The king was the ultimate authority in the kingdom. He was also the supreme commander of the army. He was assisted by several high- ranking officers.
The chief minister was known as the mahapradhani. He led a number of lower- ranking officers, like Dalavay (commander), Vassal (guard of the palace), Rayasam (secretary/accountant), Adaippam (personal attendant), and Kariya-karta (executive agents). As Harihara I and his immediate successors consolidated their territorial acquisitions, they tried to organize the territory by creating administrative divisions called rajya s or provinces each under a governor called pradhani . Some of the prominent rajyas were the Hoysala rajya, Araga, Barakur (Mangalur), and Muluvay.
As and when new conquests were made they were put under new rajyas. Battle of Talikota XI History - Lesson - - Bahmani and Vijayanagar Kingdoms smaller chiefs under them. The seventeenth century was the century of these bigger Nayak kingdoms.