The Rashtrakutas and their Times c22.89

c22.89

A number of records above mentioned, *e. g.* those from Managoli, Miraj, etc., record contributions from members of guilds towards religious objects on a certain scale; it would thus appear that the guild acted as a corporate unit and that the resolutions, probably passed by a majority, were binding on all the members. The guild at Belgamve had its 500 edicts; this fact may show that they could frame bye-laws binding upon its members. Here again we find epigraphy corroborating the Smriti literature, for Manu ⁶² and Yājñavalkya ⁶³ lay down that the rules and regulations of the guilds were to be respected by the king, if they were not against public interest.