Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c14.42

c14.42

"The administration and judicial business" [says Prof. Rhys Davids¹] "of the clan [correctly speaking, 'the state'] "was carried out in public assembly, at which young and old "were alike present, in their common Mote Hall (*Santhāgāra*)² "at Kapilavastu. It was at such a parliament, or palaver, that "King Pasenadi's proposition (B I., p. 11) was discussed. "When Ambaṭṭha goes to Kapilavastu on business, he goes to "the Mote Hall where the Sākiyas were then in session.³ And "it is to the Mote Hall of the Mallas that Ananda goes to "announce the death of the Buddha, they being then in session "there to consider that very matter.⁴