The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c18.98

c18.98

The rise from vassalage to independence or suzerainty is also indicated in some other epigraphic records of this period. The Daulatpura Plate of Bhojadeva I of Mahodaya, in the modern state of Jodhpur, dated Harṣa saṃvat 100, that is about 706 A.D., speaks of the grantee and his predecessors as Mahārājas.² On the other hand, the Pehevā (Pehoa) Inscriptions of Harṣa saṃvat 276, that is, about 882 A.D., speaks of the same monarchs as Mahārājādhirājas.³ It seems that sometime during the interval of 176 years, the dynasty asserted its independence, and contrary to the usual practice, all its previous members were given the grand titles.