Who is the author of the following statement: 'It may be that, among Indian states, the Vijayanagara state does come closest to some form of 'feudalism', but the difference between this 'war state' and others in Europe and Japan to which the label 'feudal' has been applied are so fundamental that the concept does not provide a useful framework for discussing the social order at the time'.

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