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INTRODUCTION
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fight in South India put up in order to save the land,
from the onslaughts of the invaders and if Rājanārāyaṇa
had followed a policy of "non-intervention" to gain
some private ends, and allowed the old Hoysala ruler
to fight his enemy single-handed history would never
put it to his credit.
Rājanārāyaṇa Sambuvaraya enjoyed very good
popularity and the reason for this lies in his various
acts of public charity. He continued the good work
of his father and completed it. He revived worship in
all temples; he reorganised the temple precincts; he
revived handicrafts. The weavers who played an im-
portant part in temple life and whom the kings took
into their confidence when settling disputes were still
suffering from the after effects of the anarchy. In their
despair they even deserted their respective Tirumaḍai-
vilāgams and caused a dislocation in temple administra-
tion. An inscription from Nerumbur' says: "The
inhabitants of the Tirumadaivilāgam along with the
weavers ran away to different villages". Rājanārāyaṇa
coaxed the deserters into returning to their respective
places, showing them all concessions. Besides the
Tirumadaivilāgams which he thoroughly reorganised,
he filled the empty villages with population and remit-
ted taxes due from the new settlers.
However, in spite of the good work done by Raja-
nārāyaṇa and his father there were still symptoms of
lawlessness. An inscription³ refers to the treachery
7. A.R.E., 276 of 1912.
8. A.R.E., 203 of 1912 (7th year). Many of the valuable belongings
of the Tiruvorriyur temple had been buried underground for safety
during the Muslim occupation of that territory. But most of these
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fight in South India put up in order to save the land,
from the onslaughts of the invaders and if Rājanārāyaṇa
had followed a policy of "non-intervention" to gain
some private ends, and allowed the old Hoysala ruler
to fight his enemy single-handed history would never
put it to his credit.
Rājanārāyaṇa Sambuvaraya enjoyed very good
popularity and the reason for this lies in his various
acts of public charity. He continued the good work
of his father and completed it. He revived worship in
all temples; he reorganised the temple precincts; he
revived handicrafts. The weavers who played an im-
portant part in temple life and whom the kings took
into their confidence when settling disputes were still
suffering from the after effects of the anarchy. In their
despair they even deserted their respective Tirumaḍai-
vilāgams and caused a dislocation in temple administra-
tion. An inscription from Nerumbur' says: "The
inhabitants of the Tirumadaivilāgam along with the
weavers ran away to different villages". Rājanārāyaṇa
coaxed the deserters into returning to their respective
places, showing them all concessions. Besides the
Tirumadaivilāgams which he thoroughly reorganised,
he filled the empty villages with population and remit-
ted taxes due from the new settlers.
However, in spite of the good work done by Raja-
nārāyaṇa and his father there were still symptoms of
lawlessness. An inscription³ refers to the treachery
7. A.R.E., 276 of 1912.
8. A.R.E., 203 of 1912 (7th year). Many of the valuable belongings
of the Tiruvorriyur temple had been buried underground for safety
during the Muslim occupation of that territory. But most of these