History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c20.s1.46

c20.s1.46

Besides these officers, the Unā charter mentions Rājasthānīya, Uparika, Cāṭa, Bhaṭa, Daṇḍoddharaṇika (either a judicial officer from daṇḍa in the sense of fine; or a police officer, from the same word in the sense of rod of chastisement), Ayuktaka, Niyuktaka (perhaps subordinate functionaries of the government); and the Sarnath inscription of Kumāradevī adds the term Pattalikā,¹ which according to Sten Konow is the feminine form of Pattalaka or head of a pattalā.²