A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c11.27

c11.27

In the Andhra country the Ikshvākus were followed by kings of the Brihatphalāyana gōtra, only one of whom—Jayavarman—is known by name, from the solitary surviving copper-plate grant of the line. His kingdom was divided into āharas, each under an executive officer, vāpatam (vyāprita). This grant may be said to start the series of brahmadeyas, or gifts to Brahmins, which increase in number and importance through the centuries and confirm the decline of both Buddhism and Jainism.