Indian Epigraphy c10.s1.27

c10.s1.27

According to Kalhaṇa's Rājatarangiṇī,⁵ the officer-in-charge of the preparation of documents at the Kashmirian court was called Paṭṭopādhyāya (i.e. a professional teacher in charge of the preparation of title-deeds), who belonged to the Akṣapaṭala department which Stein understands as the Accountant General's office and Bühler as the Record office or the Daftar or Court of Rolls.⁶ In inscriptions, a similar royal officer is sometimes mentioned as *Dharmalekhin*, *Śāsanika*, *Śāsanādhikārika*, *Śāsanādhikārin*, etc.¹