The Age of the Imperial Guptas c6.6.4

c6.6.4

The Commander-in-chief was held to be equal in rank to the heir-apparent. Only one specimen of a seal of this particular type was discovered at Vaiśālī. On this we see a vase or *kalaśa* in the centre, a conch to the right and the letter *Śrī* to the left. The legend thereon is *Śrī-Yuvarāja-bhaṭṭāraka-pādīya-bal-ādhikaraṇasya*: “(the seal) of the office of the Commander-in-chief, equal in rank to the heir-apparent.”³