[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) › c16.s2.1 # The Rashtrakutas and their Times c16.s2.1 The Rāṣṭrakūṭas and their Times c16.s2.1 - **Language:** English ### [c16.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c16.s2.1) Districts or Vishayas were divided into several sub-divisions known as Bhuktis comprising of about 100 to 500 villages. (18) The officers over these divisions, which roughly corresponded sometimes to modern sub-divisions of the district, and sometimes to the Talukas, were known as Bhogikas or Bhogapatis. These officers did not usually possess the feudatory status but were generally commoners; Devaṇayya, for instance, who was administering Belvola 300 and was a favourite of Amoghavarsha I, was only a commoner. We sometimes find even these officers possessing feudatory titles, (19) but these cases are exceptional and rare. These officers were appointed directly by the central government as shown already. - [Previous: c16.s1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c16.s1.11) - [Next: c16.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c16.s2.2) - [Up: c16.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c16.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c16.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c16.s2.1) · Pramāṇa