The Rashtrakutas and their Times c22.92

c22.92

While describing the guild members who had come to witness the wrestling between Kansa and Kṛṣṇa, *Harivans'a*⁶⁴ refers to their banners bearing upon them the representations of the implements of their different industries. That the association of particular banners with particular devices mentioned in the *Harivans'a* is not fictitious is proved by the Belgamve and Kolhapur inscriptions referred to above, which refer to the banner of the Vīra-Balanjus, and describe it as bearing the device of a hill. These banners were probably carried at the head of the caravans or militias of the guilds, as was later the custom of the European companies in India.⁶⁵