When Domingo Pace came to Vijayanagara empire to sell horses and one of the things he bothered to ride down was a hillside being cut open for a tank. That's what a visitor noticed about this empire's priorities. Judge, listen to what the proposition just said. They agreed the state built irrigation and then asked you to say state was right to choose temples over it. That doesn't fit together. So let me explain why. Vijaynagra is on the deck. It's dry, the rain is patchy, and the whole economy sits on what farmers can grow. So the first job of the state is water. Because everything else is paid for out of the harvest, the army at Talikota was fed by villages. The Gopurams were paid for the wild land revenue. Take away the water and there's nothing to build with. My first point is about return A tank or canal like the Kalapuram tank or the Hylia canal keeps paying back every year for generations A temple costs a huge amount once and then it costs more to look after it If you are a state with limited money you put it where it comes back My second point is that prop best argument actually helps me They said temples mattered because they ran land and kept farming going Fine Then farming was what really mattered and the temples was a roundabout way to get to it. Why not just spend on the water directly? It's quicker and you don't have to hope a priest does it for you. My third point is about who got the water. The famous works, the pig tank near hospice, the canals around Hampi. They served the capital and the royal center. Pais saw them because he was in the capital. A cultivator in a dry land district far away from Hampi mostly saw the tax collector and a village that goes hungry in a bad monsoon. This is exactly what a Naika starts thinking. He doesn't need a king. So proposition. Give you a lovely skyline. I'm asking what was holding it up. A smart state does the water first. I proudly oppose.

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