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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Historical administrative unit of India}}<br /> {{not to be confused|Visayas}}<br /> A &#039;&#039;&#039;vishaya&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[IAST]]: &#039;&#039;&#039;Viṣaya&#039;&#039;&#039;) was a historical administrative unit of India, generally equivalent to a modern [[district]].&lt;ref name=&quot;ASAltekar_1949&quot;&gt;{{cite book |author=A. S. Altekar |title=State and Government in Ancient India |orig-year=1949 |year=2002 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=9788120810099 |page=215 }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Several other terms for units equivalent to a modern district appear in historical inscriptions, including &#039;&#039;āhāra&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;rashtra&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;rāṣṭra&#039;&#039;), &#039;&#039;maṇḍala&#039;&#039;, and &#039;&#039;deśa&#039;&#039;. The exact meaning of these terms varies by the period, the ruling dynasty, and the region. For example:&lt;ref name=&quot;DCSircar_1965&quot;&gt;{{cite book |author=D.C. Sircar |title=Indian Epigraphy |orig-year=1965 |year=2017 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=9788120841031 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ceDuDwAAQBAJ |pages=378–382 }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> * In the early medieval inscriptions of [[Bengal]] region:<br /> ** Paranayi-&#039;&#039;vishaya&#039;&#039; is mentioned as a part of the [[Samatata]]-&#039;&#039;mandala&#039;&#039;<br /> ** Gokalika-&#039;&#039;mandala&#039;&#039; is mentioned as a part of the Kotivarsha-&#039;&#039;vishaya&#039;&#039;<br /> ** Khadi-&#039;&#039;vishaya&#039;&#039; is another name for Khadi-&#039;&#039;mandala&#039;&#039;<br /> * Some inscriptions mention units with multiple designations, such as &#039;&#039;[[Gopa Rashtra|Gopa-rashtra]]-vishaya&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;[[Kheda|Khetak-ahara]]-vishaya&#039;&#039; (presumably, the territory called &quot;Gopa&quot; was formerly designated as a &#039;&#039;rashtra&#039;&#039; and then re-designated as a &#039;&#039;vishaya&#039;&#039;).<br /> * Sometimes, a &#039;&#039;vishaya&#039;&#039; referred to a subdivision larger than a district.<br /> <br /> The governor of a &#039;&#039;vishaya&#039;&#039; was called a &#039;&#039;vishaya-[[Pati (title)|pati]]&#039;&#039; or a &#039;&#039;vishayadhyaksha&#039;&#039;.&lt;ref name=&quot;ASAltekar_1949&quot;/&gt; A &#039;&#039;vishaya&#039;&#039; was often included in a larger subdivisions such as a &#039;&#039;bhukti&#039;&#039; ([[province]]). It was often divided into smaller units such as a &#039;&#039;bhoga&#039;&#039;.&lt;ref name=&quot;DCSircar_1965&quot;/&gt;<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Bangladesh-hist-stub}}<br /> {{India-hist-stub}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Types of administrative division]]</div>

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