[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Indian Epigraphy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965) › c16.s3.2 # Indian Epigraphy c16.s3.2 Indian Epigraphy c16.s3.2 - **Language:** English ### [c16.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s3.2) ³ \*Select Inscriptions\*, pp. 46, 49, (note 4), 72-73. \*Mahāmātra\* as the designation of a high officer is rarely found in later epigraphs. In later times, it is known to have been used to indicate the driver of elephants (cf. \*The Classical Age\*, p. 193) possibly because for a time the officer in charge of the royal elephant corps enjoyed the designation more or less exclusively. The designation entered into Greek administrative vocabulary as \*Mamātrai\* meaning ‘commanders or rulers among Indians.’ (Tarn, \*The Greeks in Bactria and India\*, p. 377, note 5; \*Ind. Cult.\*, Vol. VIII p. 408). - [Previous: c16.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s3.1) - [Next: c16.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s3.3) - [Up: c16.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s3) ## Cites (1) - [Epigraphia Indica](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.ei) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s3.2) · Pramāṇa