Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c7.56

c7.56

*Manorial organization* An official named *Gamerāla* (like the bailiff of an English manor) was concerned with the administrative organization needed to secure to the head of the village the rents and services due to him; the office was usually hereditary in one of the wealthier families. But there was also much matter for internal administration in the village, in the interests of the landholders themselves, they elected a *Vel-vidāne* (like the præpositus of an English manor) to control and carry out the system of fencing, ploughing, sowing, etc.