Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s7.244

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² *Ind. Ant.*, 1903, p. 233 ff. In the case of Tibet we have only three courts as against the seven tribunals of the Lichchhavis (*viz.* those of the Vinichchhaya *mahāmattas*) (inquiring magistrates), the Vohārikas (jurist-judges), *Suttadharas* (masters of the sacred code), the *Aṭṭhakulakas* (the eight clans, possibly a federal court), the *Senāpati* (general), the *Uparāja* (Vice.oy or Vice-Consul), and the *rājā* (the ruling chief) who made their decisions according to the *paveṇi potthaka* (Book of Precedents). Further, we know very little about the relative antiquity of the Tibetan procedure as explained by S. C. Das which might very well have been suggested by the system expounded in the *Aṭṭhakathā*. This fact should be remembered in instituting a comparison between Tibetan and Vajjian practices. Regarding the disposal of the dead attention may be invited to the ancient practices of the 'Indus' people (Vats, *Excavations at Harappā*, I. ch. VI.) and the epic story in *Mbh.* IV. 5. 28-33.