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- 2. EMERGENCE OF NEWDYNASTIES 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 othercases, 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.
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