History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c12.s4.45

c12.s4.45

XIX. *Aynktaka*, literally meaning appointed. This term was probably applied to minor officials of the government. The word “āyukta” or “āyuktaka” occurs in Pāṇini’s *Aṣṭādhyāyī* (II, 3, 40) where it denotes a person appointed to some small work of a special character. Dr. Thomas has also pointed out that in the *Arthaśāstra* “yukta” or “yuktaka” occurs in the sense of a minor official.⁵ It may further be held that the Āyuktakas were identical with the “Āyuktapuruṣas” mentioned in the Allahabad pillar inscription of Samudragupta (line 26).