The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v1.c7.s7.15
The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v1.c7.s7.15
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v1.c7.s7.15
The mahārathis and the mahābhojas noticed in the Kārle and Kānheri epigraphs appear to have been feudatory chieftains.⁵ They held their lands as hereditary possessions and enjoyed a rank and power far superior to those of the amātyas. While an amātya made grants of lands and villages under the orders of his sovereign, a mahārathi or a mahābhoja made similar donations by his own authority.⁶ The mahārathis exercised power in the country above the western ghāṭs, and the mahābhojas in the northern Konkan.