[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) › c6.5071 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5071 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5071 - **Language:** English ### [c6.5071](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5071) Rāṣṭrika (IE 8-3; CII 1; HD; LL), Prakrit Raṭhika (EI 2), Raṭṭhika (EI 7); same as Rāṣṭrin; ruler of a rāṣṭra, i.e. a district or its subdivision; also the name of a people called ‘hereditary Rāṣṭrikas’. Cf. Ep. Ind., Vol. I, p. 5; Bhandarkar, Aśoka, p. 30. - [Previous: c6.5070](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5070) - [Next: c6.5072](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5072) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) ## Cites (2) - [Epigraphia Indica](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.ei) - [A Prākrit grant of the Pallava king Śivaskandavarman](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.south.pallava.a-prakrit-grant-of-the-pallava-king-sivaskandavarman) — Prakrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5071](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5071) · Pramāṇa