Samanta

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Samanta is an Indian noble title. In the Hoysala empire, samantas were feudal chiefs paying vassalitic homage to the Maharaja. In the Nepali realm of the Maharaja of Licchavi, samantas held feudal domains but also played a mayor part at court.

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This compound Indian title refers to a territorial vassal or governor (a person who provides military support and governing over a territory in the absence of a king or monarch in exchange for certain guarantees). This however should not be confused with the Viceroy of India, a technically informal title conventionally given to the head of the British raj administration in colonial British India.