Paper I · 3 History of India & AP · 3.5.2 Satavahanas

3.5.2.3 Satavahana administration

The Satavahanas ran a simpler, more military and more feudatory-based state than the Mauryas, divided into aharas under amatyas, and they began the practice of tax-free land grants to Brahmanas and Buddhist monks.

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Key terms

  • Dharmashastra
  • ahara
  • amatya
  • rajamatya
  • mahamatra
  • gramika
  • gaulmika
  • kataka
  • skandhavara
  • Maharathi
  • Mahabhoja
  • Mahasenapati
  • heranika
  • bhandagarika
  • lekhaka
  • duta
  • nigama-sabha
  • land grants
  • immunities

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