The important characteristics of the Vijayanagar administration was the Amara-Nayaka system. The top-grade officers of the army were known as Nayaks or Palaiyagars or Poligars. These officers were granted land in lieu of their services.
The land revenue system adopted by Akbar was largely based on Sher Shah’s system. However Akbar introduced slight modifications and his system was called Zabti or Bandobast system, which was further improved by Raja Todar Mal.