Local Government in Ancient India c13.132
Local Government in Ancient India c13.132
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c13.132
The assembly, being responsible for the material well-being of the people, invested themselves with special responsibilities in regard to the principal source of that well-being, viz. the village lands. The character of the control assumed by the assembly over the entire landed property in the village will be evident from the epigraphic records cited above and below.