The Rashtrakutas and their Times c17.s3.57
The Rāṣṭrakūṭas and their Times c17.s3.57
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c17.s3.57
The assemblies used to meet usually in the Mandap of the local temple or under the shade of an expansive tree; many of the villages like Kadiyur, however, had halls of their own.⁸¹ An inscription from Shikarpur⁸² records a number of donations for the construction of the village halls. The Mantravadi inscription of 865 A. D. refers to a meeting of the assembly, and says that Nāgadeva was its president. Since, there were no formal elections of the executive in our assemblies, it is not unlikely that different presidents may have been elected on different occasions.