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# Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.232

Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.232

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### [c6.232](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.232)

Akṣapaṭalika (EI 30; CII 4; HD; BL), same as Akṣapaṭal-ādhipati, officer in charge of accounts and records. Akṣapaṭala means ‘accounts office’ (Stein) or ‘records office’ (Bühler). There is Grām-ākṣapaṭalika in the Harṣacarita (VII, para. 2) probably meaning the Paṭvārī, and a section on the superintendent of the akṣapaṭala in the Arthaśāstra (II. 7). See Ep. Ind., Vol. XX, p. 128; Vol. IX, p. 305. Cf. Mahākṣapaṭalika.

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## Cites (4)

- [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.2.7) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit
- [Harṣacarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.aryavarta.harsacarita) — Bāṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Charkhari plate of Devavarmadeva: \[Vikrama-\]Samvat 1108](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.central.candella.charkhari-plate-of-devavarmadeva-vikrama-samvat-1108) — Sanskrit
- [Sarnath slab inscription](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.north.varia.sarnath-slab-inscription) — Pāli

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