The Rashtrakutas and their Times c15.23

c15.23

The regency must have lasted during the minority. The writers on politics like Śukra lay down that the king must be a major before he assumes the control of administration. That the injunction was observed in practice is clear from the statement of Al-Masudi that no king could succeed to the throne before he was 40.¹³ The age given by this traveller seems to be wrong, but his statement may be taken as corroborating the Smriti view that minors could not be entrusted with the administration. Khāravela, we know, could not assume the reigns of government before he was 24.