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Indian Epigraphy c10.s5.16

Indian Epigraphy c10.s5.16

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c10.s5.16

A smaller officer called Pustapāla or Pustakapāla, literally ‘the keeper of books (i.e. records)’, is mentioned in such records as those of the Bhuama-Karas of Orissa.³ Another officer mentioned in the records of the same area is the Peṭapāla, Peṭṭapāla, Peḍāpāla, etc. (literally ‘the keeper of the boxes [containing records]’) who apparently served under the Pustapāla.⁴