The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v1.c6.s7.3

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The most common designation of an administrative district or tāluk in the Sātavāhana age is the āhāra (or hāra). The term occurs earlier in the Aśokan inscriptions to denote the area under the jurisdiction of a special class of mahāmātras. But for specific mention of individual āhāras we must turn to a later age. Post-Mauryan epigraphs, mostly of Sātavāhana times, but some belonging to the period of the Bṛhatphalāyanas, the Vākāṭakas, and the Traikūṭakas, refer to the following: