The Jalagariteswara temple located within the Vellore fort is regarded by Percy Brown as ‘the richest and the most beautiful structure of its kind’. It was built by the rulers of Vijaynagara kingdom.
During the rule of bahamani kingdom, those nobles who kept 500 horses were given 1000,000 huns annually. Nobles used to get their salary either in cash or in the form of a grant of land or ‘jagir’.