The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v2.c15.s3.t3.7

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A number of commanders and officers are mentioned by name in the inscriptions, but no exact information is available about the way in which the military hierarchy was organized. Distinguished service in the army was frequently rewarded by the grant of landed estates and the conferment of titles and badges of honour by the king. Titles such as *kōṭa gelpāta*, *dvīpi-luṇṭāka*, *velanāṭi-dūshaka*, *Kāñchi-kavāṭa-chūrakāra*, and *Sūryavaṁśa-sthāpana-āchārya* were bestowed on their respective bearers to commemorate important historic events with which they had been specially associated. Some of the *birudas* such as the *mūru-rāya-jagaddaḷa* and probably also the *chalamarthi-gaṇḍa* had special insignia attached to them. The *gaṇḍa-peṇḍēra* or ‘anklet of the heroes’ was a common decoration bestowed on distinguished men for meritorious service.