[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Indian Epigraphy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965) › c16.s2.69 # Indian Epigraphy c16.s2.69 Indian Epigraphy c16.s2.69 - **Language:** English ### [c16.s2.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s2.69) Early rulers of the Eastern Cālukya dynasty of Veṅgī enjoyed the title \*Mahārāja\*.¹ But the later members of the family called themselves \*Mahārājādhirāja Parameśvara Bhaṭṭāraka\* (or \*Paramabhaṭṭāraka\*).² Sometimes the paramount title \*Paramabhaṭṭāraka\* was used by the later Eastern Cālukyas together with the title \*Samadhigata-pañca-mahāśabda\*³ which was generally assumed by subordinate rulers. In this, however, the Eastern Cālukyas appear to have imitated the Imperial Rāṣṭrakūṭas who are known to have rarely used that title.⁴ There are a few such instances of an independent ruler claiming this title.⁵ - [Previous: c16.s2.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s2.68) - [Next: c16.s2.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s2.70) - [Up: c16.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s2.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s2.69) · Pramāṇa