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⁵ Fick, *Social Organisation*, 162; *Arthaśāstra*, pp. 157. 172. *Cf.* Lüders, Ins. Nos. 48, 69a. The Kaliṅga Edicts refer to *Āyuktas* who helped the princely viceroys and *Mahāmātras* in carrying out Imperial Policy. In the early Post-Mauryan and Scythian Age they are distinctly referred to as village officials (Lüders' List, No. 1347). In the Gupta Age the designation is applied to various functionaries including district officers.