The officer responsible for the safe custody of land records during the Gupta period was known as
The officer responsible for the safe custody of land records during the Gupta period was known as
(a) Dhruvadhikarana (b) Karanika (c) Samaharta (d) Shaulkika
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(b) The officer responsible for the safe custody of land records during the Gupta period was known as Karanika. This is the Dhruvadhi-Karanika (otherwise called Dhruvasthanadhikaranika) the officer incharge of the Dhruvas,’ the last term being applied till recent times in Kathiawar and Cutch to denote persons who superintended the collection of landrevenue by the farmers on the king’s behalf.
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