Four inscriptions from Aduturai, Kil-paluvur, Vriddhachalam, and Pennadam bearing the same date and almost the same contents, summarised as follows:
“We, the people belonging to Left-Hand 98 and Right-Hand 98 of Valudilampattu Assembly, assembled in this temple in full strength and let the following be engraved on the wall of the temple. In this domain (Valudilampattu), even if the governor, military troops and official tenure-holders coerce us, or the Brahmana and Vellala landholders try to oppress us in collusion with government officers, we shall never submit to such oppression. If there appears any single person among us who helps the intruders, betrays us, violates the grant given by Chikkarasar, or destroys the (current) measuring rod, we shall assemble as of today and enquire into it. Among those who were born in this domain, no one should write accounts (for the government), let others write the accounts or collude with the government officers and official tenure-holders. If there appears one such person, we shall degrade him in the caste hierarchy.”
In 1429 a revolt of the people via civic organisations in the Vellar and Kaveri/Kollidam valleys in order to resist arbitrary taxation by early Vijayanagar’s lower officers. That these lower officers had the leeway to tax arbitrarily is likely the result of a disjointed administration where high-ranking officers in charge of regions were repeatedly stationed at regional headquarters or reshuffled between regions, resulting in too much responsibility and freedom being borne by their subordinates who misused it for personal gain. Though we don’t know what happened to these peasant rebels, after this early administration was replaced with the Nāyaka system Vijayanagar is famous for, it seems like the Nāyakas often remitted taxes in response to appeals by government representatives of districts.