You will learn about the new kings and kingdoms

1. CH.2
NewKing and Kingdoms

2. EMERGENCE OF NEW DYNASTIES
By the seventh century there was a big landlords or warrior chief in different of
the subcontinent known as samantas or subordinates.
Samantas have to bring gifts for the kings and be present at there court and
provide with them with military support.
As the samantas gained power and wealth , they declared themselves to be
maha-samantas , maha-mandaleshvara (the great lord of the “circle” or region
.)
Dantidurga , a rashtrakuta chief , overthrew his chalukya overlord and
performed a ritualcalled hiranya-garba (literally , the golden womb). When this
ritual was performace with the help of brahmas , it was thought to lead to the
“rebirth”of the sacrificer asa Kshatriya, even if he was not one by birth.

3. • In other cases, man from enterprising families used military skills to carve out
kingdoms . For instance, the kadamba Mayurasharaman and the Gurjara-Pratihara
Haricandra were Brahmanas who gave up their traditional professions and took to
arms, successfully establishing kingdoms in Karnataka and Rajasthan respectively.
• Rich landlords or warrior chiefs became subordinates of Kinng and were given title
of samantas,and were expected to bring gifts for their courts and would provide
them military support .With more power and wealth,samantas became maha-
samantas or maha –mandaeshvara,and some of them became free from thir
overlords.

4. • Dantidurga , who was a Rashtrakuta chief ,
performed hiranya – garbha ritual to became a
Kshatriya and then he overthrew this chalukya
overload.
• In spite of being brahmans , kadamba
mayurasharman and gurjara-pratihara harichandra
built their kingdoms in Karnataka and rajasthan.

5. EMERGENCE OF NEW DYNASTIES

7. ADMINISTRATION IN KINGDOMS

9. PRASHATIS AND LAND GRANTS

13. WARFARE FOR WEALTH

18. CHOLAS

21. A CLOSER
LOOK – THE
CHOLAS

33. SUMMARY

34. THANK YOU
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