[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) › c6.6060 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.6060 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.6060 - **Language:** English ### [c6.6060](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.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. - [Previous: c6.6059](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.6059) - [Next: c6.6061](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.6061) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.6060](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.6060) · Pramāṇa