Question

What did the samantas declare themselves later?

Answer 1

By the seventh century there were big landlords or warrior chiefs in different regions of the subcontinent. ... As samantas gained power and wealth, they declared themselves to be maha-samanta, maha-mandaleshvara (the great lord of a “circle” or region) and so on.

Answer 2

Explanation:

By the seventh century there were big landlords or warrior chiefs in different regions of the subcontinent. ... As samantas gained power and wealth, they declared themselves to be maha-samanta, maha-mandaleshvara (the great lord of a “circle” or region) and so on.