Indian Epigraphy c10.s5.13

c10.s5.13

The originals of the grants from which the plates were prepared, probably written on perishable material, must have been preserved in the records office of the kings. As we have seen, an officer called Akṣapaṭalika, very often mentioned in inscriptions, is regarded by some as an Accountant and by others as a Record-keeper,¹ though he may have served in both the capacities. The store-room of original grants in a king's Akṣapaṭala department is probably called the phalaka-vāra (literally, ‘the store-house of plates’) in a Nasik inscription² of the 2nd century A. D.