[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Rashtrakutas and their Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934) › c14.12 # The Rashtrakutas and their Times c14.12 The Rāṣṭrakūṭas and their Times c14.12 - **Language:** English ### [c14.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c14.12) The next territorial unit was the village. Sometimes small hamlets contiguous to a big village were amalgamated with it for administrative purposes, though they otherwise retained their individual corporate character. Villages were, however, very jealous of their distinctive existence; when king Nandi-varman wanted to amalgamate Kumāramangala and Vennatturakotta villages into one and name the new group as Udayachandramangala, the change had to be ratified by the villages concerned (8). - [Previous: c14.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c14.11) - [Next: c14.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c14.13) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c14.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c14.12) · Pramāṇa