Write about the chief features of the administrative organization during the gupta period
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Answer:The Salient Features of the Administrative System of the Guptas are as follows:
Contemporary inscriptions and literary sources throw light on the polity and administrative system of the Gupta period. Land and land relations acquired central stage in the economic life of the period and flourishing trade of the post Mauryan- pre-Gupta period declined sharply in this period.
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The period was also marked by the growing significance of land grants which led to decentralization of political authority of the king and finally gave birth to feudalism in Indian history.
The law of the primogeniture was not firmly established, and sometimes elder sons were passed over in favour of younger sons. The king appointed ministers, commanders, governors etc. He received the obeisance of his vassals and princes. His pompous titles Paramesvara, Maharajadhiraja, Paramabhattaraka indicate the existence of lesser princes and chiefs with whom he had to come to terms in his empire.
The maintenance of the Varnasrama Dharma appear as an important royal duty in Gupta inscription imposed upon the king, who is described as the giver of thousands of gold coins. The second change noticeable in the Gupta kingship is not qualitative but quantitative and relates to its divine associations. They are compared to Vishnu as regards their function of preserving and protecting the people, and Laxmi, wife of Vishnu and goddess of prosperity appears on many Gupta
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