Local Government in Ancient India c13.17

c13.17

the Vedas only) : but by following the indications it is easily accomplished. The indications for these are: ‘He shall regulate his course of action according to the conduct which is unanimously recognized in all countries by men of the three twice-born castes who have been properly obedient (to their teachers), who are aged, of subdued senses, neither given to avarice nor hypocrites’ (II. 11, 29, 13–14).¹ Thirdly, the number of the assembly varies from ten to three according to Manu (XII. 110 and 112).²