Indian Epigraphy c16.s2.120

c16.s2.120

Sometimes the titles assumed by subordinate rulers are found to be an admixture of both imperial and feudatory titles or an ambiguous admixture of the two elements.¹ This indicates their newly achieved semi-independent status. The Panchobh plate² represents king Saṅgrāmagupta of Jayapura and his grandfather and predecessor Rājādityagupta as *Parama-bhaṭṭāraka-Mahārājādhirāja-Parameśvara* as well as *Mahāmaṇḍalika* which is a feudatory title originally enjoyed by this family of rulers. In some cases, the subordinate title enjoyed by a family of feudatory rulers was continued even when they began to rule as independent monarchs. Thus the Śaka *Mahākṣatrapas* continued to use the feudatory title even when they ruled as almost independent rulers.