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Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c19.s4.56

Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c19.s4.56

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c19.s4.56

In the department of Foreign Affairs we have the *Dūta* (envoy or messenger), but we do not as yet hear of dignitaries like the *Sāmdhivigrahika* (officer in charge of peace and war) and *Kumārāmātya*¹ who figure so prominently in inscriptions of the Gupta and Post-Gupta periods.