Indian Epigraphy c16.s3.36

c16.s3.36

⁴ Ibid., p. 521. That sometimes kings had in their service more than one person enjoying the same designation is suggested by the Lucknow Museum plate of Kirtipāla who is stated to have made a grant in the presence of all his Pātras apparently including (1) a Mahāpurohita-ṭhakkura (the head of the chief priests), (2) a Mahāpurohita (priest), (3) a Dharmādhikaraṇika (judge), (4) a Daivajñika (priest in charge of the shrine probably within the palace), (5) a Śaṅkhadhārin (conchshell-blower), (6) Paṇḍitas (i.e. court Pandits), (7) three Upādhyāyas (teachers), (8) one Daivajña (astrologer), (9) one Ṭhakkura (fief-holder?), (10) one Mahākṣapaṭalika (accountant and record-keeper), (11) one Aṣṭacargika (superintendent of eight departments?), (12) one Karaṇa-Kāyastha (scribe), (13) one Mahārthasāsanika (officer in charge of gifts?), and (14) one Mahāsādhanika (commander of forces). See Ep. Ind., Vol. VII, p. 97.