The Rashtrakutas and their Times c17.s3.13

c17.s3.13

Inscriptions from Hadali(46) and Behatti(47) in Dharwar district show that the same continued to be the case in the 11th and the 12th centuries as well. The first of these records, dated 1083 A.D., refers to an *agrahāra* village, each of the 420 Mahājanas of which is described as virtuous and learned. At its conclusion the record calls upon the 420 Mahājanas of the *agrahāra* colony to protect the grant. Since an *agrahāra* village consisted mostly of Brahmanas, it is quite clear that the Mahājanas in this case also included most of the householders of the village. The inscription hailing from Behatti, above referred to, is dated 1183 A.D., and contains a grant to the 1000 Brahmanas of the *agrahāra* settlement of Kukkanuru; the Canarese postscript records a further donation to the same body and adds:—‘The one thousand and two shall unfailingly preserve this grant.’ A Yādava inscription from the same locality, about half a century later in date, again refers to a grant to 1002 Brahmanas of the same place.(48) It is, therefore, clear that the *agrahāra* village of Kukkanuru consisted of about a 1000 householders all of whom were included in the body of the Mahājanas of the locality.