Question

What was the other name of the great lord of a ‘circle’ or region?
(a) Samantas
(b) Subordinates
(c) Maha-mandaleshvara
(d) King

Answer 1

(c) Maha-mandaleshvara was the other name of the great lord of a ‘circle’ or region.

Origin:

• At the appropriate time they acquired influence and abundance.
• They proclaimed themselves to be maha-mandaleshvar (the great lord of a circle or district, etc.)
• Rashtrakutas were one of them who were at first the subordinates of the Chalukyas in Deccan.

Who were Maha-mandaleshvaras?

• Enormous landowners or champion bosses who were subordinates to a lord were called mahamandeleshvaras.
• Typically a Samanta or, in later times, a zamindar constructed a sustained royal residence in or close to these towns.

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