The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c20.167

c20.167

The Anmakonda Inscription of Prola (1117 A.D.) shows that a Mahâmaṇḍaleśvara had his headquarters at a chief town, employed a sub-feudatory as his Daṇḍâdhinâtha, judicial officer, and was served by an hereditary chief minister.¹ An old-Kanarese Inscription at Terdâl in the southern Marâṭhâ country, of the year 1123-24 A.D., shows that a Mahâmaṇḍaleśvara, with his headquarters at a fine city, having attained the five Mahâśabdas, “had a trivale played before him.” He also had the device of an elephant and the figure of a golden eagle on his banner.²