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The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c18.96

The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c18.96

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c18.96

the Alina Copper Plate Inscription of Śilāditya VII of the year 766-67 A.D. designates Dharasena IV, as Parama-bhaṭṭāraka, Mahārājādhirāja, Parameśvara, and Cakravartin and applies the same titles to his successors but his predecessors are not designated in the same style. The inscription describes powerful princes as bowing before the suzerain.¹