Local Government in Ancient India c13.20
Local Government in Ancient India c13.20
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c13.20
The evidence of the Smṛtis is confirmed by that of some inscriptions in South India. These mention assemblies which appear to have consisted of ‘all the residents of a village including cultivators, professionals, and merchants’ (*Madras Epigraphy Report*, 1912–13, p. 98).