A History of Assam c15.23

c15.23

Besides the above there was the Nyāy Khodā Phukan, who represented the sovereign in the administration of justice; and a number of others of inferior grades, including the Parbatiya Phukan, a Brāhman who managed the affairs of the chief queen; the Tāmbuli Phukan, who had care of the royal gardens; the Nausāliya Phukan who was responsible for the fleet; the Cholādhara Phukan, or keeper of the royal wardrobe; the Deoliya Phukan who looked after the Hindu temples; the Jalbhāri Phukan who had charge of the servants employed in them; the Khārgariya Phukan, or superintendent of the gunpowder factories, etc.