Hindu Administrative Institutions c12.s4.4

c12.s4.4

The village was the unit of administration. Each village was managed by a number of committees. The most striking committees of a village were commonly the tank committee, the garden supervision committee, the committee for the supervision of justice, temple committee and the general committee of management. Others were a committee of elders for the supervision of wards (*kuḍumba*), of the fields of the village, the *udāsīnas* (ascetics). The other committees mentioned are a committee for gold supervision, perhaps a currency committee, and the committee of *pāñchavāravāriyam* that may possibly be identified with the *pāñcha pradhanas* or *aimperumkuḷu*.¹