Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c14.s3.91

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² That *Ayaputa* or *Āryaputra* meant a member of a ruling house or clan appears probable from the evidence of the *Bālacharita*, attributed to Bhāsa, in which Vasudeva is addressed by a *Bhaṭa* as *Āryaputra*. Pandit T. Ganapati Sāstrī further points out that in the *Svapnanāṭaka* the term *Āryaputra* is employed as a word of respect by the chamberlain of Vāsavadattā's father in addressing King Udayana (*Introduction to the Pratimā-nāṭaka*, p. 32). An interesting feature of Aśoka's administration was the employment of a Yavana governor or *episkopos* in one territory to which reference has already been made.