Hindu Administrative Institutions c12.s6.39

c12.s6.39

The census was then a permanent institution being a state department of the *Samāharta*. This institution of the census,¹ an element of civilized life, was also a feature in villages. Emigration and immigration of persons² are also mentioned. In the city there were officials in the grade of the village-*gopas*, who supervised ten to forty households. Every official was also a census officer. For administrative purposes every city or town was divided into four divisions with *sthānikas* in respective divisions. There were managers of charitable institutions (*dharmāvasati*) who took charge of mendicants and travellers. Among police regulations are prevention of fires and the curfew regulation prohibiting movements in the city.