History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.200
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.200
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महादण्डनायक—Vide 'daṇḍanāyaka' above and p. 115 note 152. In the Gupta Ins. No. 1 pp. 10, 15 Hariṣeṇa, the author of the *praśasti*, is styled sāndhivigrahika, kumārāmātya and mahādaṇḍanāyaka; vide also Gupta Ins. No. 46 pp. 213, 216, Mathurā (Kuṣaṇa) Ins. of the year 74 (E. I. IX p. 242), E. I. XVI p. 230 the Kankhera stone Ins. of the year 201 (279 A. D. ?) where we read 'mahādaṇḍanāyakena śakena śrīdharavarmaṇā'), in Nagarjunikoṇḍa Ins. (3rd century A. D.) in E. I. XX at p. 7; in the Wala grant of the Valabhī king Dhruvasena I in the Gupta year 216 there are five titles applied to Dhruvasena of which mahādaṇḍanāyaka is one (I. A. vol. 4 p. 105), the other four being mahāsāmanta, mahāpratīhāra, mahākārtākṛtika and mahārāja.