Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c4.s2.49
Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c4.s2.49
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³ J., I, p. 199—"*Cātikahāpanādivasena c'eva dandabalivasena ca dhamam labhāmi.*" amongst these *Cāti* deserves our special notice. It most probably comes from the word *Cāta* or *Cāra* a well-known word in epigraphic records, but its meaning is differently given. However, a *Cāta* meant a policeman and unjust extortion by the people is so clear from the epigraphical records: Cf. e.g., *E. I.*, IX, 283, 298; XI, 179, 221. For fuller description of this official see Pran Nath, op. cit., p. 64 ff. Our *gāmabhojaka*, then, had also police-duties to perform. It is clear that he is represented by the *patel* of our times; contrast Mrs. Rhys Davids. *J. R. A. S.*, p. 887 (1901).