Indian Epigraphy c16.s4.25

c16.s4.25

In the Gupta inscriptions, the name *Deśa* is occasionally applied to the district.⁷ But the use of *Viṣaya*, found in the same sense and referred to above, is noticed in all parts of the country. Another popular name applied to a district in the Gupta records is *Maṇḍala* which, like *Viṣaya*, is also found in the epigraphs of other dynasties ruling in various parts of India.⁸ The Paharpur plate of 479 A.D. represents a *Maṇḍala* as the subdivision of a *Vīthi*.⁹ The Khoh plates¹⁰ (529 A. D.)