Local Government in Ancient India c17.165

c17.165

Panjāb, 8, 16 Parakeśari, 227 Parāntaka I, 101, 150, 164, 235; — II, 105 Parāntakanāḍus, 204, 264 Parasol, 263; — bearers, 210–11 Pariahs, 256 *Pariṣat*, 29 Parliament, British, 186 Parliaments, Western, not now chief seats of government, 5 Parru, 207 Partnerships of merchants, 79–80; general laws of, 80–4; special rules of, 85–8 Pasenadi, 51, 196 Passive resistance, 248; extreme cases of, 297–8 Pasture land, 231, 255 Pāśupatas, teachers, 136, 278 Pāṭaliputra, 7–8, 112 Paths, gifts of, 90, 300 Patriotism, local, 215, 292–8, 303–4 Patronage of poets, 265, 285 Payments in kind, 118, 151 Peace, binding over to keep, 212–13 Pearls, 52, 267, 268 People-caste, 37–8; divisions of, 38; developed guilds, 39; quarter of, 77 Pepper, 100, 261, 267 Perundirukkoyil-Ālvār, 293 Percentage, gift of, 100 Perfumers, 77 Perfumes, 261, 267 Periyavāykkāl channel, 153 Philosophy, Hindu, centred in temple, 276, 277 Physicians, 50, 51, 63, 68 (note), 275 Piety, 130, 315 Pigeon-hunting, 33 Pillars, gifts of, 91 Pipal-tree, 198 Plantains, 108, 110, 257 Ploughmen, 71, 74 Plunder, sharing of, 87 Poachers, 71 Pocket-money, 97, 98, 118 Poems, 283, 285 Poet, grant to, 285 Political formation, two types of, 308–9 Police, 66, 72, 218, 219, 256 Polishers, 90 Politics, Western and ancient Indian compared, 4 Pon, 105 Ponds, 256 Poor Law, widening of, 145