Buddhist India c7.22

c7.22

Not that they were usually without some such protection. It was through the village headman that all government business was carried on, and he had both opportunity and power to represent their case to the higher officials. From the fact that the appointment of this officer is not claimed for the king until the later law books³ it is almost certain that, in earlier times, the appointment was either hereditary, or conferred by the village council itself.