The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c20.172

c20.172

A few of the officials in Deccan and southern inscriptions may be mentioned by way of contrast with the North. An inscription of the time of Pratâparudra from the Tâmil region calls a general Nâyaka.⁴ Several inscriptions use the terms Kaṭakâdhîśa, Kaṭakeśa and Kaṭakarâja to denote either a governor or a superintendent of the royal camp.⁵ In the Kaluchumbarru Grant of the eastern Câlukya king Vijayâditya-Amma II, of the year 945 A.D., the Yuvarâja, heir-apparent, is called Bhûpati. Here the office of Grâmakûṭa or village headman is given to a man in perpetuity.¹ In the 14th century Ranganâtha Inscription of Goppana the chief minister is called Mahâpradhâna.² The Nilaguṇḍa Plates of Vikramâditya VI (1087—1123 A.D.) mention Âyuktakas and Niyuktakas as subordinate officers.³