History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c20.s1.40

c20.s1.40

(*m*) *Pattanādhikāra-puruṣas*, or officers in charge of towns. These may be compared to the Drāngika of the Unā record and the “Nāgarika” of Kauṭilya’s *Arthaśāstra*, being charged with the administration of cities. From the Siyadoni record it also appears that during Pratīhāra times some sort of municipal government was not unknown. For it tells us that the town affairs were managed by an assembly of five called “Pañcakula,” and by a committee of two, appointed from time to time by the town.¹