[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Rashtrakutas and their Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934) › c19.s1.32 # The Rashtrakutas and their Times c19.s1.32 The Rāṣṭrakūṭas and their Times c19.s1.32 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c19.s1.32) Government used to pay pensions to the dependents of the soldiers killed in war; a concrete case of such a provision is contained in one of the Bāṇa records.²¹ Another record of the same dynasty chronicles the death of an officer, who was successful in driving away the enemy, but who fell while pursuing him, as he was too much in advance of his column. ‘His army put off their arms with which they had come, raised a lamentation, and made a gift to yield an annual income for him.’ It would seem that the soldiers of this regiment felt that the death of their gallant officer was due to their negligence in not having followed him with agility in his pursuit. It is not, however, unlikely that even in such cases the central government may have paid its own pension in addition to the provision made by the members of the regiment. - [Previous: c19.s1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c19.s1.31) - [Next: c19.s1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c19.s1.33) - [Up: c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c19.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c19.s1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.altekar-1934.c19.s1.32) · Pramāṇa