The Rashtrakutas and their Times c16.s3.5

c16.s3.5

The city affairs were managed by the prefects with the help of non-official committees. Such committees were fairly common during the period of Ancient Indian History; they are referred to by Megasthenes and Kauṭalya, they existed at Nasik under the Sātavāhanas,³³ in Puṇḍravardhana division and Kathiawar under the Imperial Guptas,³⁴ and at Bahuloḍa, Prabhāsa and Aṇahilapaṭṭaṇa under the Gujarat Cālukyas.³⁵ Coming to our own period and province we find that the administration of Guṇapura in Konkan was vested in 997 A.D. in a prefect assisted by a committee of two bankers Ambus'reshṭhin and Vappaiyas'reshṭhin, a merchant called Chelappaiyu, a Brahmana named Govaneya and some others. (36) The city of Aihole also had its own corporation under Kṛṣṇa II, the constitution of which, however, is not described in the record. No clue is available to indicate the way in which these town committees were formed; there is no express reference to any election of these members. The statement