[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v4.c64.259 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.259 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.259 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c64.259](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.259) रायानक—A minister. The title occurs frequently in the Rājat. (vide VI. 117, 261). It was given for services to the king and survives in the form ‘Rāzdān’ as a family name among Kashmir brāhmaṇas. The word occurs in the Bhagalpur plate of Nārāyaṇapāla (I. A. vol. 15 pp. 304, 306), in the Parikud plate of Madhyama-rājadeva of Śailodbhava dynasty (E. I. XI pp. 281, 286). Vide Vogel p. 121 who remarks that the vassals of the Chamba king designated themselves in this way. - [Previous: v4.c64.258](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.258) - [Next: v4.c64.260](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.260) - [Up: v4.c64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64) ## Cites (2) - [Rājataraṅgiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini) — Kalhaṇa, Sanskrit - [Bhagalpur Plate of Nārāyaṇapāla, year 17](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.east.bengal-charters.bhagalpur-plate-of-narayanapala-year-17*hultzsch1906) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.259](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.259) · Pramāṇa