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Guptas, Vakatakas and Vardhanas
Guptas, Vakatakas and Vardhanas
Guptas, Vakatakas and Vardhanas
text was composed. the village headman called Gramadhipati Ayuktaka tended to become all
powerful.
The expanding scope of the village administration is a significant aspect of the Gupta polity. This
did not come to happen because the state raised too many taxes to maintain a large official
apparatus nor had too many copper coins to pay minor employees. Naturally many of the
functions once performed by the central government devolved on the village administration,
which was dominated by feudal and influential elements.