A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c11.26

c11.26

In administration and social life, the Sātavāhana tradition was continued, although signs of change are not wanting. The titles of officials, for example, continued to be the same as in the Sātavāhana period, but the duties of several were often combined in one individual; and while matronymics continued to be employed, patronymics are also mentioned. The slightly later Kadamba practice of bearing matronymics and the patronymic gōtra is in the line of development from Sātavāhana to Pallava practice. Āharas came to be called rāshtras, and the title Rāja gave place to the more impressive Mahārāja.