A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c13.57

c13.57

Each royal family had its own banner (dhvaja) and seal (lāñchana) mentioned prominently in their inscriptions. The royal palace was maintained in great state, and elephants and horses captured in war were exhibited at the palace gate. Queens occupied a position of equal importance with the king. Śīlabhaṭṭārikā, Dhruva's wife, bore the imperial titles Parameśvarī and Paramabhaṭṭārikā, made grants of land at her own will, and issued her own orders to the executive officers of government. Rangapatākā, the wife of Pallava Rājasimha, interested herself in the construction of the Kailāsanātha temple.