State and Government in Ancient India c12.s1.18

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c12.s1.18

Pauranik religion was getting into ascendancy at this time and we find that many of the gifts recommended in the Purāṇas were given at the time of the coronation. The Rāshtrakūṭa king Indra III gave away 400 villages at the time of his coronation. Kṛishṇadevarāya of Vijayanagar weighed himself against gold, pearls and silver, besides giving the usual Mahādānas. We may well presume that such gifts had become the order of the day from *c.* 800 A. D.

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