History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c62.317

v4.c62.317

Some remarks must now be made about provincial and local administration. Each kingdom comprised *deśas* (countries) and subdivisions of deśas. The governor of a rāṣṭra was called rāṣṭrapati or rāṣṭriya. Vide p. 117 above about Puṣyagupta having been the rāṣṭriya of Surāṣṭra (Kathiawad) under Candragupta Maurya and Śānti 85. 12 (which describes what the rāṣṭriya is to do).