Local Government in Ancient India c17.155

c17.155

Labour, dignity of, 65; Ministry of, 121 Labourers' wages, 151 Lace looms, 257 Lakṣmī, 113 Lalitāditya, 13 Lambs, 101 Lamplighters, 211 Lamp-stands, 101 Lamps, gifts of, 101, 102, 104, 118, 291, 302; fines of, 140, 141, 142; maintenance of, 95, 102, 104, 106, 107, 109, 110, 116–17 (note), 118, 169, 245, 275, 299 Land, communally held, 22, 220, 221; enforced pledge of, 148; forfeited and confiscated, 221; compulsorily acquired, 221–2, 229–30; settlement of, 222; sold and maintained for charitable uses, 222–3; public gifts of, 224; sold by auction, 224–5; transfers, 225–7; boundaries, 225–6; deeds, 226–7; payment, 227–8; rights, 228–9; pre-emption right, 229; survey, 235–6; assessment, 236, 257; revenue, 254–6; privileges, 254–5; — gifts of, 108, 109, 110, 118, 149, 166, 298, 301; grants of, 232, 237, 239–41, 253, 294; jobbing of, 222–5; measurement of, 175, 235–6; sales of, 151, 152, 208, 221, 222–5, 235; shares of, as wages, 152 (note); survey and registration, 182, 235–6, 249; valuation, 248 Land monopoly and social decadence, 67 *Lapis lazuli*, 80 Lata Viṣaya, 315 Law, Narendranath, 189 (note) Law, civil, defined, 127; sacred, above civil, 125, 126; —, Hindu, social stigmas of, 68–9; agree with Brahmanical stigmas, 69, 70, 74–5; of partnerships, 80–4; Institutes of, 160, 161 Laws of local bodies prove status, 124; recognized by law-givers, 125; to be respected by kings, 125–7; kingly obligation to enforce, 128–31