who were samantas? what was their role in the weakening of central authority? explain with an example.
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Explanation: Samantas were feudal lords who had authority over some portion of a kingdom. The king would transfer the authority to collect revenue and maintain law and order in a particular area of his kingdom to a samanta. Samantas weakened the authority of a king because the king lost central control over his kingdom.
Instead, these samantas became the face of the kingdom to common people. The king became dependent on these samantas for revenue and even soldiers. One example of a kingdom that lost its central authority due to samantas was Harshavardhana's kingdom.
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The samantas who got large land Grant's grew very powerful.They were permitted to attend royal courts and were given high administrative posts.
The feudatories grew ambitious and some of them became independent when the king's power declined. For example: the Rashtrakutas were feudatories who rose to power by overthrowing their overlords- the Chalukyas of Vatapi