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Among those who exercised powers in the Vijayanagara Empire were military chiefs who usually controlled forts and had armed supporters. These chiefs often moved from one area to another, and in many cases were accompanied by peasants looking for fertile land on which to settle and cultivate. These chiefs were known as nayakas (or amra-nayakas) and they usually spoke Telugu or Kannada. Many nayakas submitted to the authority of the kings of Vijayanagar, but they often rebelled and had to be subdued by military action.

Which of the following statement is NOT true about 'amara-nayakas'?

The amin collected taxes and other dues from peasants, craftspersons, and traders in the area for the amara-nayakas.

The correct answer is Option (2) → The amin collected taxes and other dues from peasants, craftspersons, and traders in the area for the amara-nayakas.

Option 1- The amara-nayakas were military commanders who where given territories to govern by the rayas.
Option 2- The amin collected taxes and other dues from peasants, craftspersons, and traders in the area for the amara-nayakas. (INCORRECT)
Option 3- The amara-nayakas retained part of the revenue for personal use and for maintaining a stipulated contingent of horses and elephants.
Option 4- The amara-nayakas used some of the revenue for the maintenance of temples and irrigation works.

Amara is believed to be derived from the Sanskrit word samara, meaning battle or war. It also resembles the Persian term amir, meaning a high noble. The amara-nayaka system was a major political innovation of the Vijayanagara Empire. It is likely that many features of this system were derived from the iqta system of the Delhi Sultanate. The amara-nayakas were military commanders who were given territories to govern by the raya. They collected taxes and other dues from peasants, craftspersons and traders in the area. They retained part of the revenue for personal use and for maintaining a stipulated contingent of horses and elephants. These contingents provided the Vijayanagara kings with an effective fighting force with which they brought the entire southern peninsula under their control. Some of the revenue was also used for the maintenance of temples and irrigation works. The amara-nayakas sent tribute to the king annually and personally appeared in the royal court with gifts to express their loyalty. Kings occasionally asserted their control over them by transferring them from one place to another. However, during the course of the seventeenth century, many of these nayakas established independent kingdoms. This hastened the collapse of the central imperial structure.