उपरिक (uparika)

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Indian Epigraphical Glossary

English

 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 re-
quisite qualities of an Uparika are set out. See Vogel,  Ant. Ch.
St.,  p. 123. The word literally means ‘one placed at the top’.
(IE 8-3),  cf. Auparika,  a viceroy.
Cf. Bṛhad-uparika (IE 8-3).

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