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Polity and Administration
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OFFICERS All the administrative officials noticed by A.K. Majumdar? through various sources are not found in the poem.
H.D. Sankalia (p.203) has noted nineteen officers in the times of Caulukyas. Only the following officers are referrd to in the Dvyāśrayakāvya.
1. Purodhas (111.80). Purohita or Purodhas was a political and religious adviser of the king who was entrusted with the performance of religious ceremonies of the king (Ku.VI.30). In the royal court, he eulogized the king (Ku.VI.28).
2. Mahāmantrin : The exact status of Mabāmantrin is not given in the Dvyāśrayakávya. According to Abhayatilakagaņi, Jambaka was the Mahāmantrin of Mūlarāja. P.V. Kane has translated it as 'Great minister or councillor"! The word occurs in the Beparas plate of Cedi king Karnadeva and in the mount Abu inscription of Vimala".
3. Mahāpradhāna : P.V. Kane has translated it as Great Minister or Prime Minister. The exact distinction between Mahāmantrin and Mahāpradhāna is not known. According to Abhayatilakagani, Jehula was the Mahāpradhāna of Mūlarāja (11.56). In the text of the Dvyāśrayakāvya, both Jambaka and Jebula appear to be ministers of equal status.
Ministers had the authority to speak frankly in the court. They could coutradict other ministers inhesitatingly (II.97-99)
1. ibid, Details, pp.222-242. 2. Kane, P.V. History of Dharmaśāstra. Vol. III. p.998. 3. E.I.II. p.309. 4. Kielhorn, F. Mount Abu Vimala Temple inscription.
E. 1. IX. p.9.151-52. 5. Kane, P.V., op.cit. Vol. III. p.997.
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