Local Government in Ancient India c17.172

c17.172

Silt removal, 147, 148, 149, 150, 152, 169 Silver, 115, 268 Silversmiths, 85, 258 Sindhuvalli, 153 Singers, 70, 117 (note), 210 Singing, 68, 70, 117 (note), 301-2 Sins, five great, 177 Śīrāla-Pillayār, 300 Śīrāvalli, 259, 260 Siri-Sātakaṇi, Rājā, 90 Śiva, 102, 213, 265, 281; as teacher of grammar, 274-5 *Śivadharma*, 121 Śivājī, 18 Śivayogins, 107, 273, 277 Skandagupta, 94 Slaves, better treated than hirelings, 67; as witnesses, 139 Sluices, 149, 150, 153, 154, 229, 303 Smith, V. A., *Early History of India*, 33 (note) *Smṛti-Candrikā*, 30, 31, 83, 84, 85, 114 (note) *Smṛtis*, 68, 133, 135, 143, 157, 158, 160, 162, 186, 188, 197, 217, 233, 251, 283, 284, 287, 303, 305 Snake-catchers, 71, 74, 137; — charmers, 63 Socialism in solution, 22-3 Society, separate from State, 3 Soldiers, 82, 128, 135, 216-17, 262, 294, 316 Somadeva, 13 Somaṅgalam, 154 Sopāra, 80 Sorcerers and witches, 136 Special committees, 191-3, 231 Spells, for speakers, 194; science of, 282 Spenser, 16 Spiritual factor in government, 8; — life, municipal provision for, 144, 145 Spooner, Dr. D. B., 113 Śrāddha, 69, 70, 73 Śraiṣṭhya, 42, 43 Śramaṇas (Jainas), 78 *Śrauta Sūtras*, 282 Śreṇī, 29; variously explained, 29-30, 33, 128 (note); distinguished from pūga, 32; generally means guild, 34, 314; as a court of justice, 132, 133, 134, 135; as traders, 138, 139; as soldiers, 216, 217 Śreṣṭhatā, 43 Śreṣṭhin, 42, 43, 46 Śrīraṅgam, 210 Śrī-Bhārata, 282 Śrī-Caitanya, 14 Śrī-Harṣa, 13 Śrī-Kṛṣṇa, 18 Śrīvaiṣṇavas, 210, 280 Śrutimans, 263 *Śrutis*, 158, 283 Stables, 256 Stage, encouraged by royalty, 301 Stalls, 254 Stamp duty, 257 State and society, 3; —, functions of, restricted in India, 3-4; extended in the West, 4 'Steel-yard', 115 Sthānikas, 211, 249, 307 Sthānattār, 211 Stone-cutters, 90; dressers, 85; fence, 256; polishers, 90; memorials carved on, 294, 295, 296, 297 Stones, boundary, 226, 238, 241 Stories, 283 Story-telling, 315 Strangers, 144, 145, 230, 273, 277 Street-sweeping, 66 Students, order of, 161; — provision for, 274, 275, 277, 278-9, 280-1, 283 Subandhu, 288 Śūdras, 18, 39, 77, 82, 136, 139, 140, 246 Sugar, 281; — cane, 257 Suicide, 141; —, as last protest, 297, 298 *Śukranīti*, 135 Sun, temples of, 93, 94, 316 Sundara Pāṇḍyadeva III, 214, 274 Śuṅgas, 96 Supervisors paid less than labourers, 151 Suppāraka, 79 Surāṣṭras, 30, 216 Surat, 18 Sūrdās, 16 Surgeons, 275 *Sutta-Vibhaṅga*, 66, 78 Sword, washing the, 295 Symbols, communal, 263; of merchants' guild-seals and coins, 113, 114