History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c62.341.5

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93, 153-157 for the working of the village assemblies (sabhās) from the 9th century onwards, but as he observes (p. 154), 'we do not know the nature of the rules that regulated their working, their exact sphere of action and their relation to the central government.' An inscription of king Parāntaka I (907-947 A. D.) at Uttaramerur deals with several classes of village committees that were appointed by vote (Annual Report of Archæological Survey of India, 1904-5 pp. 131 ff). Five committees, viz. annual committee, garden committee, tank committee, gold committee (for currency or for collecting taxes in cash), *pañcavāra* committee, are described and reference is made to a sixth called 'justice committee' and the mode of election and the qualifications and disqualifications of members are described in detail (pp. 142-145). Prof. Nilkanth Sastri in 'Studies in Cola History' (pp. 131-175) publishes the text of two Parāntaka Inscriptions with English translation and exhaustive notes. Vide also E. I. vol. 22 p. 5 for resolutions of the sabhā at Manur to be followed in future meetings, the qualifications in property, education and character of the members &c., E. 1. vol. 24 p. 28 about the regulations of sabhā from two Uttaramallūr Inscriptions and E. I. vol. 23 p. 22 for a note on the pañcavāra committee. For village communities as described in Buddhist works in the 7th century B.C., vide Rhys Davids in 'Buddhist India' pp. 45-51.