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There are some other angles to look the matter of
134 Vaidyadeva. The rise of regional power throughout the period of
12th century A.D. had created a class of less important rulers who
thought it appropriate to use What was once an imperial title,
Maharajadhiraja, and this was generally embedded in a mass of eulogistic
and bombastic phraseology. That means, a mere title
Maharajadhiraja used by the king Vaidyadeva did not imply that
he was a great king. By the time of Vaidyadeva, the concept of
feudalism seem to have found its full form growth in Kamrupa.
The epigraphical evidences of both Salastambha and Pala have
frequently made the references about the suppression of some
unnamed enemies who were nothing but some powerful feudatories
of that time. 135 The political condition of Assam at that time was
very much supportive one for the growth of feudalism. The
extinction of powerful Pala line of rulers had provided an
opportunity to the Assamese feudatories to declare their
independence in their specific localities. The rise of Bhuyans during
the early part of 13th century A.D. is the best prove evidence of this
fact. 136
Under such circumstances, the ruler like Vaidyadeva,
who had started his career as a minister in the country of Gauda,
than as a vessel ruler of the same in Kamrupa, though ultimately
have attained an independent status, but it is quite difficult to
accept him as being a ruler of imperial status. It was the troublesome
character of Kamrupi politics which compelled him to shift the
134. Thapar, R. : History of India, Vol. I, 1990, p.247.
135. Barua, S.L.: Op-cit, 1985, p.133.
136. Ibid., p. 134.