Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.2766

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c6.2766

*Khaṇḍāit* (IE 8-3), a community in Orissa; probably the swordsmen maintained by kings as opposed to their Pāiks or clubmen; *cf. Khaṇḍarakṣa* and *Khaṇḍapāla*.

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