Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.4969

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c6.4969

*Rājan* (IE 8-2, 8-3; EI 30; CII 3, 4; HD), royal title; originally used by imperial rulers; later, when emperors assumed more dignified titles, a title of feudatories and smaller rulers. Cf. Vogel, *Ant. Ch. St.*, p. 121; *Ep. Ind.*, Vol. IX, p. 297.

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Sarnath slab inscription — Pāli