[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.s3.97 # Indian Epigraphy c16.s3.97 Indian Epigraphy c16.s3.97 - **Language:** English ### [c16.s3.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s3.97) ³ Cf. the later \*Kotwāl\* generally regarded as a Persian word meaning 'the chief officer of police for a city or town, a superintendent of the markets' (Wilson's Glossary). The commnander of a fort seems to be called \*Viśiṣa\* (a word of uncertain derivation) in certain early medieval records of the central areas of India (cf. \*Ep. Ind.\*, Vol. XXX, p. 89). - [Previous: c16.s3.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s3.96) - [Next: c16.s3.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s3.98) - [Up: c16.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s3) ## Cites (1) - [An Inscribed Terracotta Plaque](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.north.varia.an-inscribed-terracotta-plaque) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s3.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s3.97) · Pramāṇa