Indian Epigraphy c16.s3.90

c16.s3.90

¹ Cf. Kullūka’s commentary on the *Manusmṛti*, VII. 189. The *Pattika* led the smallest division of an army called a *Patti* which consisted of one chariot, one elephant, three horsemen and five foot-soldiers. The word *patti* also means ‘a foot-soldier’. In Kashmir, the Commander-in-chief was called ‘the lord of *kampana*’ (*Rājatarangiṇī*, VII. 154, 267, 365, 399, 579, etc.) and another commander was called the lord of the *dvāra* or gate’ (ibid., verses 216, 223, 364, etc.). The latter seems to have guarded the passes leading to the heart of the Kashmir valley. Sometimes an officer was stated to have been appointed the *Senāpati* (apparently, ‘a military governor’) over a particular district (Bhandarkar’s List, No. 245).