Bio-resources and empire building: What favoured the growth of Vijayanagara Empire?

Current Science

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 140-146

  Ganeshaiah, K N ^a   Uma Shaanker, R ^a   Vasudeva, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b College of Forestry   (India)

Author keywords

Arthashastra; Bioresources; Guns and horses; Vijayanagara empire

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

EID: 34548304718     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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