Local Government in Ancient India c12.17

c12.17

The boat was to be employed for clearing the tank of silt. The operation is fully described—140 baskets of earth, each with capacity to hold 6 *marakkāl* (i. e. about 200 cubic feet) of earth, were to be taken out of the tank and deposited on the bund daily. The establishment comprised a supervisor who received the wages of 1½ *kuruṇi* of paddy *per diem*, and under him 6 labourers who were full-time workmen, and therefore paid higher wages, viz. 1 *padakku* of paddy per head *per diem* for both food and clothing;