History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c12.s4.71

c12.s4.71

XXXII. *Dūtaka*. This was the designation of an officer employed in connection with formal grants. His duty, as remarked by Fleet, "was to carry, not the actual charter itself, for delivery into the hand of the grantee but the king's sanction and order to the local officials, whose duty it then was to have the charter drawn up and delivered.”¹ The *Dūtaka* of the Banskhera copper plate was Mahāpramātā Mahāsāmanta-Srī-Skandagupta. It was signed by Harṣa himself, as is clear from the expression “Svahasto mama Mahārājādhirāja Śrī-Harṣasya” i.e., “given under my own hand and seal.”