Public Administration in Ancient India c22.28

c22.28

life. Let him bestow landed property upon Brāhmaṇas. To those upon whom he has bestowed (land) he must give a document destined for the information of a future ruler, which must be written upon a piece of (cotton) cloth, or a copper plate, and must contain the names of his (three) immediate ancestors, a declaration of the extent of the land, and an imprecation against him who should appropriate the donation to himself, and should be signed with his own seal.”¹