Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3283

c6.3283

*Mahārāja* (IE 8-2; EI 30; CII 3, 4; HD), royal title first assumed by the foreign rulers of India and later adopted by indigenous rulers; originally, an imperial title; later (when the emperors assumed more dignified titles), a title of feudatories and smaller rulers; cf. Greek *Basileos Megalou* and Old Persian *Kṣhāyathiya vazrka*. Cf. *Ep. Ind.*, Vol. IV, p. 211.