Local Government in Ancient India c11.26

c11.26

a woman pushed by her husband fell and died, whereupon ‘1,500 men of the four quarters’ declared him guilty in their assembly, and imposed upon him the usual gift as a penalty. Cases of accidental shooting in hunting are reported in nos. 33, 106, 273, and 279 of 1919 (App. C) and of causing accidental death in nos. 67 and 110. The judgment of the assembly in each case inflicted the usual penalty of providing for permanent lights in the temples.