History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.53

v4.c64.53

क्षत्रप—A provincial chief. The word occurs in Corpus I. I. vol. II p. XXXIV and pp. 23, 28 (Taxila plate of Patika of the year 78) and in the plate of Vidagdha in 'Antiquities of Chamba', Ins. No. 15 p. 164 at p. 166. Vogel says it must be read as 'kṣetrapa'. Vide 'mahākṣatrapa' below. The word is probably a Sanskritized form of Persian 'satrap'.