The Rashtrakutas and their Times c17.s3.14
The Rāṣṭrakūṭas and their Times c17.s3.14
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c17.s3.14
An inscription from Nadwadinge in Bijapur district, dated 902 A.D.,(49) seems to show that the Mahājanas often included not only all the householders or the heads of the families of the village but also all adults. The inscription is unfortunately fragmentary, but it distinctly refers to a donation by the Mahājanas of the place, headed by their own three,(?) together with the children and old men. It would appear from this record that the term Mahājanas included at least in some localities all the adult population of the village; persons too weak or young to be members of that body were alone excluded from it.