Local Government in Ancient India c14.12

c14.12

(6) The Vaiśyas of the *Kuberavamśa*, devotees of Śiva and Viṣṇu, with many branches, whose chief object in life was the maintenance of Dharma, and whose members were noted for their charities, such as construction of temples, tanks, wells, and watersheds, planting of groves, patronage of poets, &c. (*Mad. Ep. Rep.*, 1916, p, 151).