The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c20.151
The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c20.151
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The same system is reflected in the Managoli Inscriptions of the 12th century.⁴ The Ablur Inscriptions of the same century show several grades of feudatories.⁵ In the six Inscriptions at Tirunamanallur, too, feudatories abound.⁶ An inscription of the time of Prataparudra of the Tamil country speaks of the ruler of a province as Mahamandala-cakravartin. Obviously, he was a feudatory.⁷