Hindu Administrative Institutions c12.s3.89

c12.s3.89

It seems to have been a later institution. Dr. Majumdar takes the view that both the technical terms *pūga* and *gaṇa* seem to denote one and the same corporation.¹ But there is strong evidence to show that they were distinctly separate bodies, each existing at the same time and functioning in its respective sphere. This institution is also known to Pāṇini.²