Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c44.85

c44.85

He had been a Junior Minister of Diplomacy before. But at the time the Kāvya of Harisheṇa was actually inscribed he was no more Mahā-Daṇḍanāyaka. At that time the office was held by another learned gentleman, Tila-Bhaṭṭaka. Past ministers were allowed the courtesy of the employment of their late official designations in official documents, *e.g.*, the father of Harisheṇa who had been Mahā-Daṇḍanāyaka in former times is mentioned with that designation in Samudra Gupta's record.