Which among the following was not a member of the Adhishthana Adhikarana of Kotivarsha in the Gupta period?

During the Gupta period, the administration of a Vishaya (district) like Kotivarsha (located in Pundravardhana Bhukti) is described in the Damodarpur copper plate inscriptions. The district headquarters board, known as the Adhishthana Adhikarana, assisted the Vishayapati (district head) in local governance and land transactions.

This board typically consisted of four representative members:

• Nagarasreshthi: The guild president or chief merchant of the town.
• Sarthavaha: The leader of the caravan traders.
• Prathama-kulika: The chief artisan.
• Prathama-kayastha: The chief scribe or secretary.

Mahattaras were village elders or influential local men who were involved in rural administration and land sale procedures at the village level, but they were not members of the specific four-member administrative board of the Kotivarsha district headquarters.