State and Government in Ancient India c23.s6.8

c23.s6.8

We rarely get information about the portfolioes of the different ministers, or the way in which the council of ministers transacted its day-to-day business. Pradhānas, Mantrins, Sachivas, Purohitasand Senāpatis are some ministers that are often referred to. Their names suggest their functions. Some ministers used to have the charge of several portfolioes in the south as in the north; the Prime Minister was very frequently the Foreign Minister or the War Minister. Thus under Hoysal king Narasiṁha, Lokamaya was the Prime Minister as well as the War Minister.