The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c20.77

c20.77

A Paṭṇâ inscription of the beginning of thirteenth century A.D. is interesting from more than one point of view. Under the suzerain Yâdavasimhana were two feudatories, the brothers Soideva and Hemâdideva who ruled over "the country of 1,600 villages." They liberally endowed with land and 'other sources of income' a college founded by the Yâdava king's chief astrologer, grandson of the famous astronomer Bhâskarâcârya for the study of Siddhântaśiromaṇi and other works of his grandfather and relations.²