Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c19.s4.31

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¹ EHI⁴, 226; Lüder's Ins., No. 1351 (Udayagiri Cave Inscription). *Cf.* *Akshadarśa*, Patañjali, *Index of Words*. Oka, *Amarakośa*, 123; *Agni Purāṇa*, 366, 3; *Vin.* iii, 47. According to the last mentioned text the 'akkhadassas' constituted a class of *Mahāmattas*, like their prototypes in the time of Aśoka. In later ages the *Akshadarśa* might have had revenue functions. *Cf.* Kshīra's comment on the passage from the *Amarakośa* referred to above. The duties of the *Akshapaṭalikas* of the Gupta period may be mentioned in this connection.