Under the Gupta administration, the administrative unit known as ‘Bhukti’ was governed by an official designated as:

Uparika involving three formidable regional powers: the During the Gupta Empire, the administrative Gurjara-Pratiharas of western India, the Palas structure was organized hierarchically into of Bengal, and the Rashtrakutas of the Deccan territorial divisions to manage provincial plateau. The primary objective of this prolonged affairs efficiently. The empire was divided into warfare was to establish control over Kannauj major provinces called Bhuktis, which were in the fertile Gangetic plain, which symbolized governed by high-ranking royal officials styled as imperial sovereignty and economic dominance in Uparikas. Each Bhukti was further subdivided northern India. into administrative districts known as Vishayas under the control of Vishayapatis, while village