The Rashtrakutas and their Times c19.s2.27

c19.s2.27

The feudatories were subjected to a number of indignities if they dared to rebel and were defeated in war. Sometimes they were compelled to do the menial work, as was the lot of the Vengi ruler who had to sweep the stables of his conqueror Govinda III.(91) They had to surrender their treasures, dancing girls, horses and elephants to the imperial power as a punishment for their disloyalty. Even their wives were sometimes put into prison and the marriage of Chacha with the widow of his feudatory Akkham would show that the less cultured princes used to subject them to further indignities and humiliations. Attempts at annexation, though rare, were not unknown.