(6) Dhruva fixed or permanent is the hereditary officer in charge of the records and accounts of a village, the Taláti and Kulkarni of modern times. One of the chief duties of the Dhruva was to see that revenue farmers did not take more than the royal share. [278] The name is still in use in Cutch where village accountants are called Dhru and Dhruva. Dhru is also a common surname among Nágar Bráhmans and Modh and other Vániás in Cutch Gujarát and Káthiáváda. (7) Adhikaranika means the chief judicial magistrate or judge of a place. (8) Dandapásika literally 'holding 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 Gujarát and Káthiáváda where the Tracker or Pagi is one of the Bárábalute or regular village servants. (10) Rájastháníya, the foreign secretary, the officer who had to do with other states and kingdoms rájasthánas. Some authorities take rájastháníya to mean viceroy. (11) Amátya minister and sometimes councillor is generally coupled with kumára or prince. (12) Anutpannádánasamudgráhaka 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 Káthiáváda for the share, usually one-sixth, which landholders receive from their cultivating tenants. (15) Vartmapála the roadwatch were often mounted and stationed in thánás or small roadside sheds. [279] (16) Pratisaraka patrols night-guards or watchmen of fields and villages. [280] (17) Vishayapati division-lord probably corresponded to the present subáh. (18) Ráshtrapati the head of a district. (19) Grámakúta the village headman. [Territorial Divisions.] The plates show traces of four territorial divisions: (1) Vishaya the largest corresponding to the modern administrative Division: (2) Áhára or Áharaní that is collectorate (from áhára a collection) corresponding to the modern district or zillah: (3) Pathaka, of the road, a sub-division, the place named and its surroundings: (4) Sthalí a petty division the place without surroundings. [281]