[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Indian Epigraphical Glossary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966) › c6.4982 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.4982 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.4982 - **Language:** English ### [c6.4982](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4982) \*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). - [Previous: c6.4981](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4981) - [Next: c6.4983](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4983) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) ## Cites (4) - [Navalakhi plates of Śīlāditya I, \[Valabhī\] year 286, Āṣāḍha ba. 8](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.west.maitraka.navalakhi-plates-of-siladitya-i-valabhi-year) — Sanskrit - [Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.cii) - [Indian Antiquary](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.ia) - [Bassein copper-plate grant of Seuṇachandra II, Śaka 991](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.deccan.yadava.bassein-copper-plate-grant-of-seunachandra-ii-saka-991) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4982](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4982) · Pramāṇa