Correct Option: B

The officer responsible for the safe custody of land records during the Gupta period was known as Karanika. This is the Dhruvadhi-Karanika (otherwise called Dhruvasthanadhikaranika) the officer in-charge of the Dhruvas', the last term being applied till recent times in Kathiawar and Cutch to denote person who superintended the collection of land-revenue by the farmers on the king's behalf.