[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909) › c8.s2.6 # Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c8.s2.6 Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c8.s2.6 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.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. - [Previous: c8.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c8.s2.5) - [Next: c8.s2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c8.s2.7) - [Up: c8.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c8.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c8.s2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c8.s2.6) · Pramāṇa