Hindu Administrative Institutions c9.s1.67

c9.s1.67

The regulations of this department were severe. Sukrāchārya lays down that liquor houses must be fixed outside the limits of the village so as not to be a public nuisance. Again drinking was not allowed in day-time.³ It was also forbidden to take the stock outside the limits of the village. It was sold to men of character and that too in small quantities, a *prastha* or half in each case, ‘lest workmen should spoil the work on hand, *āryas*