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The Satavahana administration was very simple, and it followed the Dharmashastras' principles. No claim to divine right was made by the king. They were only given the title of rajan. They were not in a position of absolute power. Customs and shastras were used to check their power in practise. The k...

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Satavahana Administration The Satavahana administration was very simple, and it followed the Dharmashastras' principles. No claim to divine right was made by the king. They were only given the title of rajan. They were not in a position of absolute power. Customs and shastras were used to check their power in practise. The king was a war commander who threw himself into the midst of the battles. The presence of feudatories of various grades was a unique feature of the Satavahana administration. Petty princes with the kingly title of raja struck coins in their own names were the highest class. The maharathi and mahabhoja came in second and third, respectively. From the beginning, both titles were hereditary and limited to a few families in a few towns. Mahabhoja was most likely ranked higher than Maharashtra. Satavahanas' feudatories were the mahabhojas. They were mostly found in the western Deccan. They had a blood connection to the feudatory maharathi. The maharathis were the feudatories of the Satavahanas, it is undeniable. They also established villages in their own name with physical immunities attached. The chitaldrug maharathis had the added benefit of being able to issue coins in their own name. At the end of the Satavahana period, two more feudatories, Mahasenapathi and Mahataralavara, were established. The empire was divided into janapadas and aharas, the latter corresponding to modern districts, with the exception of districts controlled by feudatories. Grama was the division beneath ahara. Governors who were not hereditary were rotated on a regular basis. Other officials who carried royal orders included great chamberlains, storekeepers, treasurers, and dutakas. The government existed on a shoestring budget. The taxes were neither excessive nor numerous. The royal domain, the salt monopoly, ordinary and extraordinary taxes, and the payment in kind of soldiers and officials were the sources of income. The Satavahana administration was very simple, and it followed the Dharmashastras' principles. No claim to divine right was made by the king. They were only given the title of rajan. They were not in a position of absolute power. Customs and shastras were used to check their power in practise. The king was a war commander who threw himself into the midst of the battles. The presence of feudatories of various grades was a unique feature of the Satavahana administration. Petty princes with the kingly title of raja struck coins in their own names were the highest class. The maharathi and mahabhoja came in second and third, respectively. From the beginning, both titles were hereditary and limited to a few families in a few towns. Mahabhoja was most likely ranked higher than Maharashtra. Satavahanas' feudatories were the mahabhojas. They were mostly found in the western Deccan. They had a blood connection to the feudatory maharathi. The maharathis were the

feudatories of the Satavahanas, it is undeniable. They also established villages in their own name with physical immunities attached. The chitaldrug maharathis had the added benefit of being able to issue coins in their own name. At the end of the Satavahana period, two more feudatories, Mahasenapathi and Mahataralavara, were established. The empire was divided into janapadas and aharas, the latter corresponding to modern districts, with the exception of districts controlled by feudatories. Grama was the division beneath ahara. Governors who were not hereditary were rotated on a regular basis. Other officials who carried royal orders included great chamberlains, storekeepers, treasurers, and dutakas. The government existed on a shoestring budget. The taxes were neither excessive nor numerous. The royal domain, the salt monopoly, ordinary and extraordinary taxes, and the payment in kind of soldiers and officials were the sources of income....