Local Government in Ancient India c13.108

c13.108

(1) Of the children of shareholders in the village, only one who is well-behaved and has studied the *Mantra-Brāhmaṇa* and one *Dharma* (i. e. code of law) may be on the village assembly (*manru*) to represent the share held by him in the village, and only one person of similar qualifications may be on the assembly for a share purchased, received as a present, or acquired by him as *strīdhana* (through his wife);