[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) › c56.5 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c56.5 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c56.5 - **Language:** English ### [c56.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c56.5) Divisional capitals or seats of Governments (adhishṭhanas) had their \*Sreshṭhins\* under the Guptas. EI. XV, 130 gives the \*Nagara-reshṭhin\* of \*Koṭi\* in the Province of Bengal under Kumara Gupta. He is given the honorific \*Ārya\* before his name (p. 142), and is associated with the District Officer in the administration of the district. - [Previous: c56.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c56.4) - [Next: c56.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c56.6) - [Up: c56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c56) ## Cites (1) - [Damodarpur copper-plate inscription of the time of Kumāragupta I (Plate No. 1), year 124](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.north.gupta.damodarpur-copper-plate-inscription-of-the-time-of) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c56.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c56.5) · Pramāṇa