The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c17.123
The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c17.123
- Language
- English
c17.123
¹⁶⁷ The Tipperah Copper Plate grant of Lokanātha (from East Bengal) of the year 650 A.D., shortly after the death of Harṣa, shows hereditary Mahāsāmantas and Sāmantas occupying the post of Kumārāmātya (Ep. Ind., XV, No. 19). Two grants of Dhruvasena II, of the year 639-40 A.D., from Central India show the same system of Bhuktis and Viṣayas (Ep. Ind., VIII, No. 20.) ⁶ Ep. Ind., IV, 211. Watters, I, 154. ⁷ Harṣacarita, 237, 286.