Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c8.s2.6

Language: English

c8.s2.6

Dr. Bühler has pointed out (*ZDMG*. xlvii. 466), the name literally means “holder of the rope,” that is, their duty was concerned with the survey of the land. In name they are represented by the modern *sheristadār*, a corruption of the Persian *sar-i rishta dār*, he who holds the end of the rope.

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