Kalachuris of Kalyani

Inhabitants. This is an estimate for Kalyani in 1150 CE ^[1] , ten or so years before it was made capital of the Kalachuri Empire.

[1]: Chase-Dunn spreadsheet (2001)

in squared kilometers. This is the combined territory of Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana and the Andhra Pradesh districts of Kurnool and Anantapur, which roughly correspond with this ^[1] map of the Western Chalukya Empire (seized by the Kalachuris apparently with no major territorial losses). This estimate is approximate.

[1]: Wikimedia Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Western-chalukya-empire-map.svg

in kilometers. Distance between modern-day Nagpur and Mangalore, which roughly correspond with the farthest points on one of the sources’ maps ^[1] . This map represents the Western Chalukya Empire, which was seized by the Kalachuris apparently with no major loss of land. Calculated with Google Distance Calculator.

[1]: Wikimedia Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Western-chalukya-empire-map.svg

levels.
Because "[t]he Kalachuris continued the administrative system of the Chalukyas" [Kamath 1980, p. 118] , and because settlement hierarchy usually reflects administrative hierarchy, it seems likely that the Kalachuris would have had similar settlement hierarchy to the Chalukyas. Three types of "settlements" are mentioned for the Chalukyas REFERENCE:
1. Capital
2. Towns
3. Villages

levels.
_Hinduism_
There are no official priestly hierarchies in Hinduism ^[1] . However, several sources allude to the importance, at least for some branches of the religion, of the relationship between student and teacher or guru (e.g. ^[2] ), which suggests that perhaps it would not be entirely inappropriate to say that there is indeed a Hindu religious hierarchy, and that it is composed of two levels.
_Virashaivism_
Virashaivism is a branch of Hinduism that was briefly prominent under Bijjala II, and which shuns hierarchies of all kinds ^[3] .
_Jainism_
NOTE: I have found two equally authoritative sources on Jain hierarchy:
(1) ^[4]
1. Arihants (ones who have conquered their inner enemies)
2. Siddhas (Liberated Ones)
3. Acharyas (who head the Order)
4. Upadhyays (who teach the message)
5. Sadhus (Monks/Seekers)
(2) ^[5]
1. Guru (teacher)
2. Monks
2. Male figure (not specified by author whether a monk) in charge of nuns
3. Pravartini or ganini (aides to the male figure in charge of nuns)
4. Nuns
_Buddhism_
"Buddhist monastic communities replaced the caste system with one based on year of ordination. Previously ordained monks enjoyed rights and privileges higher in status than monks ordained later, and monks were categorically of higher status and privilege than nuns. In effect seniority and gender provided criteria for social status and increased access to ’pure’ teachings and exemption from ’impure’ duties." ^[6] .

[1]: http://ezinearticles.com/?Religious-Hierarchy-in-Hinduism&id=1864556

[2]: G. Flood, Introduction, in G. Flood (ed), The Blackwell Comapnion to Hinduism (2003), p. 4

[3]: S. Wise Bauer, The History of the Renaissance World (2013), p. 114

[4]: Singh, Upinder. A History of Ancient and Early medieval India, pp 312-319

[5]: M. Adiga, The Making of Southern Karnataka (2006), pp. 269-276

[6]: P. Nietupsky, Hygiene: Buddhist Perspective, in W.M. Johnson, Encyclopedia of Monasticism (2000), p. 628

levels.
"The Kalachuris continued the administrative system of the Chalukyas" [Kamath 1980, p. 118] . Here, then, is the administrative system of the Chalukyas:
1. Emperor
_Court_
2. Ministers Including chamberlain (thane veryashka), steward (bhanasa vergade), superintendent to the harem (antharpuradhyaksha), and the minister for war and peace (sandhivigrahika) [Sreenivasa_Murthy_Ramakrishnan 1978, p. 91] .
_Provincial government_
2. Rashtrapathis In charge of governing territorial units known as rashtras [Sreenivasa_Murthy_Ramakrishnan 1978, p. 96] (probably equivalent to four or five modern-day Indian districts [book_State & Government In Ancient India...] ).
3. Vishayapathis In charge of governing territorial units known as vishayas [Sreenivasa_Murthy_Ramakrishnan 1978, p. 96] (probably equivalent to modern-day Indian districts [book_State & Government In Ancient India...] ).
4. Nadrasas or Nad-prabhus In charge of governing nadus [Sreenivasa_Murthy_Ramakrishnan 1978, p. 96] , "larger territorial divisions with numbers attached to their names" [Sastri_Yazdan 1960, pp. 399-400] .
5. Gramakutas Village head men [Sreenivasa_Murthy_Ramakrishnan 1978, p. 96]

Hinduism had its representatives in Brahmanas ^[1] , Jainism and Buddhism in monks ^{[2] [3]} . Virashaivists rejected the notion that one needs intermediaries between oneself and the gods, and therefore did not not have priests ^[4] .

[1]: L. Rocher, The Dharmasastras, in G. Flood (ed), The Balckwell Companion to Hinduism (2003), p. 103

[2]: http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/jainism/worship/ministry.shtml

[3]: L. Aldritt, Buddhism (2009), p. 12

[4]: J.P. Schouten, Revolution of the Mystics (1995), p. 4

e.g. the Virashaivist "Hall of Spiritual Experience", where devotees would "share their mystical achievements" and "their spiritual poems", making their contribution to the religion’s "spirituality and doctrine" ^[1] .

[1]: J.P. Schouten, Revolution of the Mystics (1995), p. 4

e.g. the Virashaivist "Hall of Spiritual Experience", where devotees would "share their mystical achievements" and "their spiritual poems", making their contribution to the religion’s "spirituality and doctrine" ^[1] .

[1]: J.P. Schouten, Revolution of the Mystics (1995), p. 4

The "age-old religious writings in Sanskrit" rejected by the Virashaivists ^[1] .

[1]: J.P. Schouten, Revolution of the Mystics (1995), p. 4

During Virashaivism’s brief moment in the limelight, devotees would compose short religious poems in Kannada, known as vacanas ^[1] .

[1]: J.P. Schouten, Revolution of the Mystics (1995), p. 4