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🔺Officials in the Later Vedic Age 💡 Administrative & Military Officials 🚀Purohita – Chief Priest, sometimes called Rashtragopa. 🚀 Senani – Supreme Commander of the army. 🚀 Vrajapati – Officer-in-Charge of pasture lands. 🚀 Jivagribha – Police Officer. 💡 Judicial & Revenue Officials 🚀 Madhyamasi – Mediator for dispute resolution. 🚀 Bhagadugha – Revenue Collector. 🚀 Sangrahitri – Treasurer. 💡 Royal & Court Officials 🚀 Mahishi – Chief Queen. 🚀Suta – Charioteer & court minstrel/musician.

🔺Gulf of Tonkin 🚀It is referred as Beibu Gulfvin Chinese and Bac Bo Gulf in Vietnamese. 🚀It is a crescent-shaped, shallow, semi-enclosed water body situated off South China and Northern Vietnam coasts in the South China Sea’s northwestern portion.          🚀Bordering regions:- It is bordered by the northern coastline of Vietnam in the west and northwest; by China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in the north; and by the Leizhou Peninsula and Hainan Island in the east. 🚀It is connected with the South China Sea via the gulf’s mouth in the south and the Hainan Strait in the northeast.  🚀Many rivers empty into the Gulf of Tonkin, with the Red River supplying the major riverine discharge along with some smaller rivers along the northern and western coastal areas. 🚀Major Ports:- In Northern Vietnam, the gulf’s main ports include Haiphong and Ben Thuy, whereas, in China, its major port is Beihai (Pakhoi).