The Rashtrakutas and their Times c17.s1.22

c17.s1.22

Every village, therefore, as a rule, had its own militia in the Deccan of our period and the imperial army must have been largely recruited from that force. The village headman was at the head of the militia and was himself a good fighter. Sorab No. 445, dated c. 975 A.D., refers to a robber's attack on Kollana, a son of Gāvuṇḍa Kevase Kūḷa, when he fought, established his fame, and went to heaven. (17) Another record from the same place, No. 359, which refers to the death of a headman in a mutual skirmish among the Nāḷ-gāvuṇḍas, shows the same thing. A reference may also be made to an early Pallava record where we find the son of a headman receiving a grant for having slain the enemy and conducted with great devotion the wife of Yuvarājamalla and her guard. (18)