Question 2. What was the other name of the great lord of a ‘circle’ or region? (a) Samantas (b) Subordinates (c) Maha-mandaleshvara (d) King Answer
Enormous landowners or champion bosses who were subordinates to a lord were called mahamandeleshvaras. Typically a Samanta or, in later times, a zamindar constructed a sustained royal residence in or close to these towns.
