Historian and research scholar Vasundhara Kavali Filliozat said here on Sunday that the usage of the phrase Vijayanagar empire was a misnomer and instead it should be called Karnataka Samrajya or empire.
Ms. Filliozat who has conducted decades of research on the subject and published many books, contended that her claims were based on epigraphic inscriptions which are contemporary records of the age.
She was speaking after being felicitated by Sri Vanamali Charitable Trust for her contribution to the field of culture. Her husband Dr. Pierre Sylvain Filliozat, a Sanskrit scholar, was also felicitated and they were accorded the Vanamali Samskruti Seva Prashasti. In addition, T. Ramanjaneya and his wife K.P. Jaya founders of Sneha Foundation, Kudligi, received the Padmashri Dr. Mathoor Krishnamurthy Social Service Award for their work in rehabilitation of children of Devadasis.
