Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c4.t5.116
Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c4.t5.116
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c4.t5.116
The *Doṇamāpaka Mahāmattas* seem also to have been important and influential district-officials, probably connected with direct collection of revenue. These were subordinate officers to the *Rājjukas* who may well be compared with modern District Collectors¹. It seems to us, moreover, that the Doṇamāpakas were the forerunners of the Dhruvādhikaraṇas who figure in Valabhi grants and are represented by the modern Dhruvas connected with revenue collectors.²