Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.4982
Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.4982
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*Rājasthānīya* (IE 8-3; EI 24, 26, 30; CII 3, 4; BL; HD), ‘an officer acting for the king’; generally a viceroy; probably also a subordinate ruler; but cf. *Rājasthān-ādhikāra* who was also a judge; an official title indicating a viceroy in some areas and a judge in others; an officer who carried out the object of protecting subjects, according to some (*Ind. Ant.*, Vol. V, p. 207). Cf. *CII*, Vol. III, p. 157; Vogel, *Ant. Ch. St.*, p. 112; *Ep. Ind.*, Vol. XI, p. 176 (probably, a chief justice), explained wrongly as ‘an officer connected with other kings, i.e. a foreign secretary’ (*Ind. Ant.*, Vol. XII, p. 122, note 76).