[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Indian Epigraphical Glossary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966) › c6.2811 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.2811 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.2811 - **Language:** English ### [c6.2811](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.2811) \*Khola\* (IE 8-3); HD), an official designation of uncertain meaning (\*Ep. Ind.\*, Vol. IV, pp. 250, 253); probably a kind of messenger. Utpala on the \*Bṛhatsaṃhitā\*, 85. 34, explains \*Dūta\* as \*Gamāgamika\* while some Pāla inscriptions place \*Khola\* between the two; probably the same as \*Preṣaṇika\* or \*Dūta-preṣaṇika\*, a dispatcher of messengers. - [Previous: c6.2810](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.2810) - [Next: c6.2812](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.2812) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.2811](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.2811) · Pramāṇa