History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v3.c41.s22.11
History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v3.c41.s22.11
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The head of the village was called Paṭṭakila as stated above in Malwa records and Grāmapati in Gāhadavāla records and Grāmakūṭa or chief of the village in Gujarat and southern India records, the word Grāmakūṭa still surviving in the form of Gamot in Gujarat, Malwa, and Konkan. The village was self-contained. It had its guard, its messenger, its doctor and its astronomer, also its scavenger and executioner or Meda and Chāṇḍāla.