Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3766

c6.3766

Nagara-śreṣṭhin (IE 8-3; EI 15, 21; BL; HD), according to some, the city banker or guild president of the town; but actually, the chairman of a board of administration like the Pañcāyat; same as the Nagarseth who was the chairman of the board called Cauthiyā in late medieval Rajasthan. See Ep. Ind., Vol. XV, p. 115; Proc. IHC, Ahmadabad, 1954, pp. 52 ff. See Pura-śreṣṭhin, Pura-pradhāna, Seṭṭi, etc.