The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c18.117

c18.117

The Sunarpal Stone Inscription of Jayasiṃhadeva of Bastar in the modern Central Provinces, belonging probably to this period, calls the king Rājādhirāja Mahārāja. He makes the grant in the presence of five officers—the chief minister, the Paḍivāda probably the grand chamberlain, the Cavarikumāra, probably the prince in charge of the whisk, the