History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.48
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.48
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कुमारामात्य—A high officer below a provincial Governor. Vide 'uparika' above. In the Allahabad *praśasti* of Samudragupta, Hariṣeṇa is described as *kumārāmātya* and also *sāndhivigrahika* and *mahādaṇḍanāyaka* (Gupta Ins. No. 1 at p. 16). Vide Gupta Ins. No. 46 p. 213 at p. 216, the Banskhera plate of Harṣa (E. I. IV p. 208 at p. 211), E. I. X at p. 72 in the reign of Kumāragupta in Gupta year 117 (a brāhmaṇa is described as mantrin, kumārāmātya and mahābalādhikṛta). Vide Dr. U. N. Ghoshal's paper on 'kumārāmātya' in the proceedings of the 6th All India Oriental Conference pp. 211 ff., p. 117 above and Vogel p. 123.