History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.258

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राजस्थानीय—Exact function uncertain. In Gupta Ins. No. 35 at p. 157 he appears to be a high officer, but a low one in Gupta Ins. No. 38 at p. 170. In the Rājat. VIII. 2618 he appears to be chief justice. Bühler in I. A. vol. V p. 207 takes the word to mean ‘an officer who carries out the object of protecting the subjects’. In J. R. A. S. 1895 p. 382 rājasthānīya Bhaṭṭi is the dūtaka of the grant. In the plates of Siṁhāditya in Gupta—Valabhī year 255 (574 A. D.) the order is ‘rājaputra-rājasthānīyāmātya’. Vide the Banskhera plate of Harṣa (E. I. IV pp. 208, 211), Gupta Ins. No. 46 pp. 213, 216, Vasantagadh Ins. of Varmalāta in saṁvat 682 (E. I. IX p. 192), Palitana plate of Dharasena (E. I. XI p. 83), the Gujerat Rāṣṭrakūṭa grant of śake 697 in J B B R A S vol. 16 pp. 105, 108, Vogel p. 122 and explanation in E. I. XI p. 176.