[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924) › c44.68 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c44.68 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c44.68 - **Language:** English ### [c44.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c44.68) In the inscriptions of the Gupta period the same offices are distinguished by \*Mahā\*-and \*Kumāra\*-, \*e.g.\* \*Daṇḍanāyaka\*, \*Mahā-Daṇḍanāyaka\*, and \*Daṇḍanāyaka-kumārāmātya\*. The simple \*Daṇḍanāyaka\* would be one of the two junior ministers to the MahāDaṇḍanāyaka, and the \*Kumārāmātya\*—(the 'young-minister)' \*Daṇḍanāyaka\* would be the juniormost. The second minister might have been called Mahā-Kumārāmātya \*i.e.\*, the senior under-secretary. This interpretation may be also considered with reference to various designations of the classes in the inscriptions of the Gupta times where \*Mahā-Pradhāna\*, \*Mahā-Sāndhi-vigrahika\*, \*Mahā-Daṇḍa-nāyaka\*, etc., figure.³ - [Previous: c44.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c44.67) - [Next: c44.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c44.69) - [Up: c44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c44) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c44.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c44.68) · Pramāṇa