History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.143

v4.c64.143

पञ्चकुल—An officer over a certain number of villages. The word occurs in the grant of Arjunadeva of Anahillapāṭaka in Vikrama year 1320 (I. A. vol. 11 at p. 242, where we read 'Śrī-Abhayasīhaprabhṛti-pañcakulapratipattau'), in the Bhinmal Ins. No. 12 dated *saṁvat* 1333 (Bombay Gazetteer vol. I part I p. 480) where we read 'tan-niyukta-mahā-Gajasīha-prabhṛti-pañcakula-pratipattau'). In E. I. XXIV at p. 89 (in an Ins. from Udaipur) we have a Pañcolī of the Gughāvata family. Here, it appears that 'pañcakula' was a board of officers of whom Gajasīṁha was one (or the chief). Vide महापाञ्चकुलिक below.