[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922) › v1.c19.s9.97 # The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c19.s9.97 The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c19.s9.97 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.s9.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.97) Adjoining or merged into these wilder tracts were supplementary grazing pastures³ of herds of cattle⁴ and goats⁵,—herds belonging to king⁶ or commoners⁷. Commoners customarily entrusted their flocks to a communal neatherd, as we find in the Pennine Alps to-day (\*le fromageur\*). We find him either penning his herds at night in sheds⁸, or, more often, bringing them back every evening and counting them out to the several owners, varying the pasturage from day to day⁹. The official name, \*gopālaka\*, and the context suggest that dairywork was not usually expected of him so much as sagacity in minding his beasts¹⁰. - [Previous: v1.c19.s9.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.96) - [Next: v1.c19.s9.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.98) - [Up: v1.c19.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s9.97) · Pramāṇa