[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v4.c62.321 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c62.321 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c62.321 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c62.321](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c62.321) Kauṭilya II. 1 says that in the kingdom groups of villages should be set up with a chief town or fort in each, a group of ten villages being called Saṅgrahaṇa, of two hundred villages being called Khārvaṭika, of 400 villages being called Droṇamukha, and in the midst of 800 villages¹⁸² there is the Sthānīya. - [Previous: v4.c62.320](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c62.320) - [Next: v4.c62.322.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c62.322.1) - [Up: v4.c62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c62) ## Cites (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.2.1) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c62.321](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c62.321) · Pramāṇa