Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.4642

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c6.4642

*Pradhāna* (SII 1; HD; BL), an official designation sometimes indicating the chief minister or administrator also called *Pradhāna-saciva* (EI 23); cf. *pañca-Pradhānāḥ* (EI 5) ‘the five ministers’. See *Ind. Ant.*, Vol. IX, p. 35 where *Mantrin*, *Amātya* and *Pradhāna* are separately mentioned.

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