Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.6341
Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.6341
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*Uparika* (IE 8-3; CII 3; BL; HD), a viceroy; the governor of a province. An *Uparika* was appointed by the emperor and he himself appointed the governor of the district (cf. *Ep. Ind.*, Vol. XV, p. 130). He is sometimes styled *Mahārāja* and *Rājaputra*. Viśvarūpa on the *Yājñavalkyasmṛti*, I. 307, quotes a prose passage from Bṛhaspati where the requisite qualities of an *Uparika* are set out. See Vogel, *Ant. Ch. St.*, p. 123. The word literally means ‘one placed at the top’.
Cites (4)
- Yājñavalkyasmṛti — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit
- Bṛhatsaṃhitā — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit
- Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum
- Damodarpur copper-plate inscription of the time of Kumāragupta I (Plate No. 1), year 124 — Sanskrit