Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.6060

c6.6060

Talāra (IE 8-2; EI 22; BL; HD), administrator of a city or prefect of the city police; same as Talavara, Talāri or Kotwāl. Talavara of early South Indian inscriptions means a Rājasthānīya (a Duke or a viceroy) according to some commentators and the *Kotwāl* or a city magistrate according to others. A subdivision of high class Khatris of the Punjab is called *Talwār*. Cf. *Tala-rakṣa* or *Tal-ārakṣa*; also called *Ārakṣika* and *Daṇḍapāśika*. See Bhandarkar’s List, No. 579; *IHQ*, 1960, p. 266.