Public Administration in Ancient India c25.28

c25.28

Land, the, not owned by Kings, 179 Land and Water Trade-routes, 264 et sqq. Land-holding, of Villagers, 27 Land-Taxes, 176 Importance of, 179 Lands, Grants of, to Officials, 130 Religious teachers and the Learned, 282-3, 285, 286 Law, above the King, 74 & n. 2 Ancient idea on, 131 (Beyhar), Abul Fazl’s summary of, 13 Civil and Criminal, 5 Origin ascribed to, 132 Sources of, Vedas, &c., 132 et sqq. Sacred, 131, 132, 133, 150, 151 Secular, 131, 150-1 Evolution of, 132 Law-Member of Council, 140 Lawsuits, Causes giving rise to, 152-3 & n. 3 Different kinds of, 153 Rules concerning, 151-3 Legal Remedies, 166 Representation, when allowed, 165 Legislation Direct, impossible, 131, 137 Indirect, 137 et sqq. Legislative Assemblies, see Parishats Power, not owned by early Kings, 78 Libraries containing books on Chānakya’s doctrines, 13 Lichchhavis, the, Country, Confederacy, and Capital of, 55 Oligarchic rule among, 44, 46 Life, Individual, Stages in, 23 Līlāvatī, Queen of Ceylon, 69 Elected and Deposed by Ministers, 117 Slab Inscription of, on her Council, 105 Loans, Interest and Usury, 273-4 to Cultivators, 257