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† Cf. Gautama's Dharmaśāstra XI 20-21 : "The laws of countries, castes, and families, which are not opposed to the (sacred) records, have also authority. Cultivators, traders, herdsmen, moneylenders, and artizans, (have authority to lay down rules) for their respective classes." S. B. E. Vol. II, p. 234. For a historical and critical survey of this subject, vide R. C. Majumdar, (*Corporate life in Ancient India*, p. 6 ff.).