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Kavyanusasana As to the fall of Valabhi, Bühler, in 1872, confessed that it was a question most difficult to decide. Mr. Niharranjan Ray in his articles on the Maitrakas of Valabhi (Ind. Hist. Quarterly. September 1928) says that after so many years of research it is still one of the most difficult question to decide. The B. G. mainly relying upon the tradition mentioned by Alberuni places the sack of Valabhi about the year 770 A. D. (pp. 94-96).
As to the man who was mainly instrumental in bringing the foreigners to overthrow the king Siladitya leading office-bearers and the revenue police and village administrators whose names generally occur in the following order:
(1) Ayuktaka
meaning appointed, apparently any (2) Viniyuktaka) superior officer.
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(3) Drängika, apparently an officer in charge of a town, as dranga means a town.
(4) Mahattara or Senior has the derivative meaning of high in rank. Mhatára the Marathi for an old man is the same word. In the Valabhi plates mahattara seems to be generally used to mean the accredited headman of a village, recognised as a headman both by the people of the village and by the Government.
(5) Chaṭabhata that is bhatas or sepoys for chatas or rogues, police mounted and on foot, represent the modern police Jamadars, havaladars and constables. The KumarapalaCharita mentions that Chatabhatas were sent by Siddharaja to apprehend the fugitive Kumarapala. One plate records the grants of a village unenterable by Chaṭabhatas.'
(6) Dhruva fixed or permanant is the hereditary officer in charge of the records and accounts of a village, the Talati and Kulkarni of modern times. One of the chief duties of the Dhruva was to see that the revenue farmers did not take more than the royal share. The name is still in use in Cutch where village accountants are called Dhru and Dhruva. Dhru is also a common surname among Nagar Brahamans and Modh and other Vanias in Cutch Gujarat and Kathiawada.
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