State and Government in Ancient India c27.47

c27.47

*Vairājya*, 37, 39 *Vārika*, 222 *Varṇāsrama* and state, 49-50 Vātavyādhi, an author, 7, 8 Vedic age, government in, 310-13 Viceroys under Mauryas, 320-1; under Guptas, 345 *Vidatha*, an assembly of the learned, 141 Videha republic, 122 Village accountant, 227 Village Assembly, Primary, a truly democratic body, 228; number of its members, 228; its meetings, 241; its powers, 242 Village councils, and headman, 219-221; among republics, 135, control of central Government over, 242-3; its development, 229-3; powers of, 236-7 in Tamil country, 231-33; in northern India, 229; in Karnātak, Mahārāshtra, and Gujarat, 234-5; in Gupta administration, 348; its sub-committees, 233-4; qualifications of the members of, 232; selection of the members of, 232; their functions, 233-4; sources of revenues of, 240; its method of work, 241-2; why they worked successfully, 237 possibility of their revival, 382 Village disputes, 236-7 Village groups as administrative units, 209 *Vinayasthitisthāpaka*, 172; 205 Viajas, first king, 27 *Viś*, 35 Viśālāksha, author, 7, 8 *Vishayapati*, 215; 346 *Viśpati*, 30, 76 Voting, for village council, 231-2; in republic assemblies, 131; in Vedic *samitis*, 143 Vṛishṇi, a republic, 121 Vṛika, a republic, 118