Shivaji and His Times c17.s4.8

c17.s4.8

4. The superintendent, (Persian *Shuru-navis*, Sanskrit *Sachiv*.) He had to see that all royal letters were drafted in the proper style, to revise them, and to write at the head of charters the words *Shuru shud*, or ‘here begins.’ He had also to check the accounts of the *mahals* and *parganas*.