Local Government in Ancient India c17.153

c17.153

Kadambas, 153, 287 Kāhāpaṇas, 50, 61 (note) Kaiyaṭa, 33 Kākatiyas, 266, 267, 277 Kākusthavarman, 153 Kalhaṇa, 13 Kalipperumān, patriot, 292 Kamalākara, 15 Kāmaravalli-caturvedi-maṅgalam, 301 Kāmbojas, 30, 216 Kampavarman, 166 Kanakasabhai, V., *The Tamils Eighteen Hundred Years Ago*, 234 Kanara, 91, 153, 155, 262 Kāñci, 99, 266, 286, 312 Kāñcipuram, 245, 271 Kaṇhāyanas, 63 Kannaḍa-speaking countries, 288 Kannaradeva, 101 Kapilavastu, 196 Kāpotapākya, 33 Karañja-trees, 99 Karikāla, 311 Kārli, cave of, 88, 91 Karma-Kāṇḍa, 283 Karnam, 255 Kārttikai festivals, 257 Kāsi, 76 *Kāśikā*, 32, 33, 34, 314 *Kāśu*, a gold coin, 102, 264; its relative value, 105 (note), 106, 152 (note); standard, 227-8 Kāttūr, 260, 261 Kātyāyana, 31, 53 (note), 84, 85, 87, 138, 139, 188, 218, 219, 233 *Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad*, 43 *Kauṭilīya*, 29, 30, 34, 38, 39, 77, 84, 121, 127, 137, 138, 140, 143, 211, 215, 216, 217, 218, 224, 249-50, 269 Kāverī river, 100, 121, 154, 206, 224 Kavundas, 209 Kāvyas, 288 Keith, Prof. A. B., 175 (note) Khālsā, 17 Khaskhas roots, 107 Khubiraka, 93 Kielhorn, Prof., 169, 185, 187 Killing, 177 Kil-Muttugūr, 295 Kind, payments in, 83, 88, 118, 150, 151-2, 236 King, endowment for, 110; —, head of state and society in West, 4; of state only in India, 4; must appreciate power of guilds, 45; shares raid plunder, 87; must respect local laws, 125-8, 158, and enforce them, 128-31, 158, 159; judicial functions of, 132, 133, 136; as last court of appeal, 133; as check on municipalities, 151; must respect local governors, 158, and act as umpire in internal disputes, 158; Brāhmaṇa assemblies created and supported by, 162-3; invoked to protect the people, 213, 214-15; power of, checked by assemblies, 234, 311; as auditor, 235; as land surveyor, 235-6; his procedure with revenue defaulters, 236-7; machinery for interference with local government, 237-42; examples of such interference, 243-6; grounds for interference, 247-8; gifts of, to member of corporation, common to all, 253; charter granted by, 266-7, and its renewal and amendment, 267-8; indifference of, to people's welfare made good by assemblies, 290, 291 ‘Kingless’ states, 22, 33 (note), 34-5 King's messenger, 254 Kings as craftsmen, 63-4; —, Muhammadan, ignored by Hindu India, 11-12 Kinsmen, 128, 133, 134 Kīrtivāsa, 14 Kistnapatam, 100 Kolār, 153, 295 Kollidam, 300 Kosala, 51 Koṭṭam, 203, 205, 206, 207, 208, 240, 311 Kṛṣṇa III, 272 Kṛṣṇadās, 16 Kṛta age, 261 Kṣatriyas, 30, 61, 63, 82, 136, 161, 216 Kṣemendra, 13 Kubera, 113, 265 *Kuberavaṃśa*, 265 Kula, 29, 31; various explanations of, 30, 34 (note), 129 (note); as a court of justice, 132, 133, 134; based on kinship, 314 *Kulaśīla*, 68 Kulaśekhara I, 272 Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, 15, 31 Kulottuṅga I, 153, 182; — Cola III, 263, 273, 274, 275, 290, 291, 292, 300 Kumāragupta, 31, 93, 110, 219 Kumārila, 12 Kundavaiyār, 105 *Kūpaśulka*, 267