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there is a general agreement in the traditions. It was Ranka a Marwadi merchant - prince, originally a very poor man coming from Pali, and getting his fabulous wealth in Valabhi, who, as the author of the Prabandhachintamani says, "brought mud to his
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(7) Adhikaraņika means the chief judicial magistrate or judge of a place.
(8) Danḍapāṣika literally holding of the fetters or noose of punishment,' is used both of the head police officer and of the hangman or executioner.
(9) Chauroddharanika the thief catcher. Of the two Indian ways of catching thieves, one of setting a thief to catch a thief, the other the Pagi or tracking system, the second answers well in sandy Gujarat and Kathiawada where the Tracker or the Pagi is one of the Barabalute or regular village servants. (10) Rajasthaniya, the foreign secretary, the officer who had to do with other states and kingdoms rajasthānas. Some authorities take rājasthāniya to mean viceroy.
(11) Amatya minister and sometimes councillor is generally coupled with Kumara or Prince.
(12) Anutpannadanasamudrahaka the arrear-gatherer. (13) Saulkika the superintendent of tolls or customs.
(14) Bhogika or Bhogoddharanika the collector of the Bhoga that is the state share of the land-produce taken in kind as a rule one-sixth. The term bhoga is still in use in Kathiawada for the share, usually one-sixth, which landholders receive from the cultivating tenants.
(15) Vartmapala the roadwatch were often mounted and stationed in thanas or small roadside sheds.
(16) Pratisaraka patrols night-guards or watchmen of fields and villages.
(17) Vishayapati division lord probably corresponded to the present subah.
(18) Rashtrapati the head of a district.
(19) Grāmakūta the village head men." B. G. Vol. I pp.
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