Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthashastra of Kautilya), Vol. I c12.20

c12.20

Now, as to the seats of the above courts: they held their sittings in every संग्रह, i.e. a town forming the headquarters of villages; in every द्रोणमुख, i.e. a town which was the headquarters of 400 villages; in every स्थानीय, i.e. a town being the headquarters of 800 villages; and in every जनपदसन्धि, i.e. a place centrally situated between any two provinces of the empire. It will thus be seen that the metropolis must have had courts of the above two classes besides the royal law court.²