Nayaka Vassal System

Timeline

1. c. 1360–1365Deccan frontier forts · DeccanBukka Raya I granted nayaka titles and fiefs to frontier generals, who had to maintain certain numbers of infantry and cavalry, answer calls to the capital or frontiers in wartime, and handle security and tax collection in their districts in peacetime.
2. c. 1365–1370Tax districts around Hampi · KarnatakaNayaka districts often interlaced with temple-granted lands; generals also oversaw temple guarding and shared in market tax revenues, forming a symbiotic structure among the military nobility, priestly groups, and peasants that supported the empire's territorial expansion in the 1360s.