Impact of Vedic Culture on Society
by Kaushik Acharya | 2020 | 120,081 words
This page relates ‘Mingling of Cultures (D): The Garulakas’ of the study on the Impact of Vedic Culture on Society as Reflected in Select Sanskrit Inscriptions found in Northern India (4th Century CE to 12th Century CE). These pages discuss the ancient Indian tradition of Dana (making gifts, donation). They further study the migration, rituals and religious activities of Brahmanas and reveal how kings of northern India granted lands for the purpose of austerities and Vedic education.
Mingling of Cultures (D): The Gārulākas
The Gārulāka kings were the feudatories of the Maitraka kings of Valabhī, and Gārulāka kings used the royal titles like Mahārāja, Senāpati, Mahāsāmanta or Sāmanta. These kings were Parama-bhāgavata (a great devotee of Lord Viṣṇu). Gārulāka King Siṃhāditya was the contemporary of the Maitraka King Dharāsena II. After discussing a strong pedigree and political positioning and power, Palitānā plates of Siṃhāditya (c. 574 CE)[1] records a grant piece of land and a vāpī to the Brāhmaṇa Bappasvāmin residing at Ēlāpadra, who is a student of the Maitrāyaṇika branch issued by the Parama-bhāgavata Mahārajā Siṃhāditya.
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Ibid., vol. III, pp. 456-459.