What do you understand by Prashastis? How did the king reward Brahmans?
For class 7 chapter 2
Answers
Answer:
If the king liked the Prashasti, he used to reward Brahmans by land. These land grants were recorded on a copper plate which was given to them who received them. Those who received the land grant enjoyed the right to collect tax from it.
Answer:
Prashastis are a special kind of inscription, meaning “in praise of”. They were composed by learned Brahmans in praise of the rulers, which may not be literally true; but, they tell us how rulers of that time wanted to illustrate themselves.
If the kings liked the prashastis, they gave land as gift to the Brahmans, with records of it on copper plates.
Kalhansa was a famous writer who wrote a long Sanskrit poem (Rajatarangini - "The River of Kings") on kings of Kashmir by using variety of sources,such as inscriptions, documents, eyewitness accounts, and earlier histories. He was usually critical about rulers and their policies.
Explanation:
Many new dynasties emerged after the 7th century like:
Guijara-Pratiharas
Rashtrakutas
Palas
Cholas
Chahamanas or Chauhan.
When Samantas gained power and wealth, they declared themselves to be maka-samanta, maha-mandaleshvara (the great lord of a ‘circle’ or region).
Sometimes they asserted their independence from their overlords.
Examples:
In the mid-eighth century Dantidurga, a Rashtrakuta chief, overthrew his Chalukya overlord and performed a ritual called hiranya-garbha meaning the golden womb.