Indian Epigraphy c12.35

c12.35

cf. *grāma*, *jānapada*, etc., in the second group) are referred to, while, in the second group, they are mentioned along with their social or administrative leaders and with several village officials in a few cases. Rarely, the villagers of a whole district are stated to have been ordered after having been summoned (*samāhūya*). The word used in some cases in respect of the villagers is *sarva-samaveta* which may mean ‘assembled from all sides’. This seems to be supported by the expression *sarva-samanvāgata* rarely used in place of *sarva-samaveta*. As will be seen below, the expression *samupasthita* is used in some cases in a similar context in respect of the villagers and local officials. Sometimes *sarva-samupeta* is also found in place of *sarva-samaveta*. The reference may be to an announcement to the people summoned by the beat of drums in respect of the grant in the gift village or the village containing the gift land or at the headquarters of the administrative unit in which the gift land or village was situated.