Local Government in Ancient India c12.10

c12.10

‘In a village there were just thirty families, and one day the men were standing in the middle of the village transacting the affairs of the village. They, doing good works, always in the Bodhisatta’s company, used to get up early and sally forth, with razors and axes and clubs in their hands. With their clubs they used to roll out of the way all stones that lay on the four highways and other roads of the village; the trees that would strike against the axles of chariots, they cut down; rough places they made smooth; causeways they built, dug water tanks, and built the hall; they showed charity and kept the commandments. In this wise did the body of the villagers generally abide by the Bodhisatta’s teaching and keep the Commandments.’