The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v1.c8.s13.17

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We get very little information about the village administration in the Vākāṭaka records. The elders of the village of Kadambagiri are referred to in one record and exhorted not to disturb the possession of the donee.¹ We may, however, safely conclude that village administration under the Vākāṭakas was carried out by a council of village elders presided over by the village headman, as was the case in other contemporary and earlier states.² The precise nature of the powers of the village council or of the control exercised over it by the central or district government is not known.