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# Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3158

Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3158

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### [c6.3158](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3158)

\*Mahākārtākṛtika\* (IE 8-2; EI 29, 30; CII 3; HD), official designation of uncertain import; probably, a reporter who informed the king about the progress of big undertakings; sometimes explained as ‘the royal agent or judge’; one of the designations sometimes included in the \*pañca-mahāśabda\*; cf. the case of Maitraka Dhruvasena I. Cf. \*Ind. Ant.\*, Vol. XV, p. 306. See \*Kārtākṛtika\*.

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## Cites (3)

- [Epigraphia Indica](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.ei)
- [Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.cii)
- [Bhagalpur Plate of Nārāyaṇapāla, year 17](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.east.bengal-charters.bhagalpur-plate-of-narayanapala-year-17*hultzsch1886) — Sanskrit

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