The Mauryan Polity c10.s2.t9.11

c10.s2.t9.11

Thus while the *upayukta* was one among the eight officers connected with the accounts, the *yukta* in the official staff of the department, held a position superior to that of the other eight officials, who were the *upa-yukta*, *nidhāyaka* (cashier), *nibandhaka* (prescriber), *pratigrāhaka* (the receiver), *dāyaka* (the paying shroff), *dāpaka* (officer in charge of the payment of the department), *mantrivaiyāvṛttikara* (ministerial servants).¹