Essay name: Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala (study)
Author:
Shri N. M. Kansara
Affiliation: Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda / Department of Sanskrit Pali and Prakrit
This is an English study of the Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala, a Sanskrit poem written in the 11th century. Technically, the Tilaka-manjari is classified as a Gadyakavya (鈥減rose-romance鈥�). The author, Dhanapala was a court poet to the Paramara king Munja, who ruled the Kingdom of Malwa in ancient west-central India.
Chapter 14 - Political data
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CHAPTER FOURTEEN
POLITICAL, DATA
(1) ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS OF TERRITORY :-
1 The government of these days was monarchical. It
has been explicitly declared in the S峁沶g膩rama帽jar墨-kath膩
of Bhoja, that the emperor ruled over eighty-four feuda-
tories, in twelve circle commissioners, thirty-six
i
royal families, seventy-two chieftens of forest tribes,
twenty-four village chieftains, twenty-one chieftains of
Ko艅kana and thirty-six tribes living in ports. Dr. D.C.
Ganguly虏 informs us that the whole kingdom was Ann divided
2 into a number of provinces (mandala), each of which was
again divided into districts (bhoga). Each Bhoga was sub-
divided into Pathakas, which in turn were further subdivi-
ded into Pratij膩gara峁嘺s, which were further split into
groups, each of which was consisted of a certain number of
villages. The village was the lowest unit of territorial
divisions. Besides these there were a number of cities and
towns which probably served as provincial and district
head quarters respectively.
1. SMK, P. 66 : 啶膏 啶氞い啷佮ぐ啶多啶む啶� 啶膏ぞ啶え啷嵿い啶距え啶距 啶︵啶掂ぞ啶︵ざ啶距え啶距 啶� 啶ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶侧啶多啶掂ぐ啶距ぃ啶距 啶粪啷� [sa岣� catura艣墨te岣� s膩mant膩n膩峁� dv膩da艣膩n膩峁� ca ma峁囜笉ale艣var膩峁嚹佱箖 峁峁�] 鈥�啶む啶班た啶傕ざ啶むざ啷嵿
啶班ぞ啶溹啷佮げ啶苦啶距え啶距 啶︵啶掂ぞ啶膏お啷嵿い啶侧 啶多ぐ [迟谤颈峁兣沘迟补艣肠补
r膩jakulik膩n膩峁� dv膩saptale 艣ara] 鈥�啶掂た 啶曕お 啶侧啶侧啶い啷�啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶氞 啶氞い啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啶苦啶多い啷囙 啶曕ぞ啶班啶ぞ啶班ぞ啶ㄠぞ 啶啶� 啶曕さ啶苦啶多い啶�
啶曕啶曕ぃ啶距え啶距 啶� [vi kapa ll墨pat墨n膩峁� ca峁� caturvi峁兣沘te岣� k膩ry膩r膩n膩 me峁� kavi峁兣沘ta岣�
koka峁嚹乶膩峁� 峁] 鈥�啶熰啶む啶班た啶傕ざ啶むざ啷嵿さ 啶掂啶侧ぞ啶曕啶侧ぞ啶ㄠぞ 啶ぞ啶оた啶い啷嵿く啶啶班啶む 啷�
[峁璽ri峁兣沘ta艣va vel膩kul膩n膩 m膩dhipatyamakarot |
] +
2. HPD,pp.235-236.
