Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c8.218

c8.218

In the bonds of debt, which were most commonly used, the date (*kāla*) and further the reigning king (*rājan*), the land (*sthāna*), the locality (*nivasana*), the creditor (*dāyaka*), the debtor (*grāhaka*) as well as their fathers, the caste of the debtor (*jāti*), his race (*gotra*), the branch of the Veda he studies (*śakhā*), the thing that is lent (*dravya*), the pledge (*ādhi*), the value of both (*saṅkhyā*) and the rate of interest (*vṛddhi*), should be mentioned and it should contain the signature of the debtor (*grāhakahasta*) and finally that of two knowing witnesses (*viditārthau sākṣiṇau*).³ The debtor is to give his signature at the end of the document and write "I, the son of such and such, am agreed to the above";