Indian Epigraphy c16.s3.55

c16.s3.55

We know from certain charters issued by the subordinate officers under the Gupta emperors that the Gupta viceroy or provincial governor was often called Uparika or Uparika-Mahārāja¹ and that the Ayuktaka was often the governor of a district (Viṣayapati) and that the Pustapāla or record-keeper was an important district officer.² In many cases, a district officer is referred to in the inscriptions as tad-Ayuktaka or tad-Viniyuktaka after the mention of the provincial governor in order to indicate that the said officer was employed by the viceroy and not directly by the crown.³ In later times, Tadāyuktaka and Tanniyuktaka or Tadviniyuktaka appear to have become stereotyped official designations to indicate certain grades of subordinates and assistants of a high officer.