The Rashtrakutas and their Times c17.s3.37

c17.s3.37

As observed already the Mahattaras had a regular executive of their own in Maharashtra and Gujarat, the members of which were called Mahattarādhikāriṇaḥ. The communal responsibilities in these provinces were theoretically shared by the council of the Grāmamahattaras and not by the Grāmamahattaras themselves; for our records do not mention Grāmamahattaras in such connection but usually their council—Grāmamahattarādhikāriṇaḥ. In this respect we see a contrast between the adjoining provinces. In Karnatak the general assembly as a whole is saddled with the responsibility and never its executive body, in Maharashtra and Gujarat the case is just the reverse. It is not improbable that the general body of the village elders was accustomed to meet much less frequently in Maharashtra and Gujarat than was the case in Karnatak and had allowed its functions to be usurped by the executive council.