Local Government in Ancient India c17.177.1

c17.177.1

Vācaspati Miśra, 15 *Vaikhānasa-śāstra*, 282 Vaikhānasas, 78 Vaiśālī (Basāṛh), 112, 113 *Vaiśeṣika*, 287 Vaiṣṇavas, 14, 262, 272 Vaiṣṇavism, 13, 14 Vaiśyas, 61, 82, 136, 139, 161, 265, 275 (*see* People-caste) *Vājasaneya*, 279, 280, 282 *Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā*, 195, 196 Vajjians, 195 Valaṅgai, 204, 263-4, 312 Valañjiyārs, 260, 262 Validity of meetings, 193 Valika Ārāma, 193 Vallabha Ācārya, 14, 16 Vāmaśakti, 288 Varaguṇa-Mahārāja, 184 Vargas, 138-9 Vasiṣṭha, 70, 72, 126, 129, 138 Vāsudeva, 63 Veda, followers of the, 130; gift of college for reciting the, 271; popularity of, 276 *Vedāṅgas*, 283 *Vedānta*, 280, 282 Vedāntadeśikācārya, 13 Vedas, as original records of Hinduism, 36; references in, to guilds, 36-7, 40, 41; knowledge of, a qualification for office, 136, 139, 157, 160-2, 175, 176, 201; references in to assemblies, 193-5; legal respect for, 246; colleges and hostels for students of, 271, 279-81, 281-2; schools for study of, 275, 276, 277-9 Vedic period, defined, 39 (note); — society, differentiation of, 37, 41; castes of, 37-8; sub-divisions of people-caste, 38-9 Vedisa, 92 Vehicle tax, 257 Velagiri, 91 Velaikkāra community, 262 Venkayya, Mr., 120, 148, 169, 170, 175, 206, 306 Vesālī, 65 (note), 192 Vidyāpati, 14, 16; — Thākur, 14 Vijayanagara Empire, 13 Vijaya-nṛpatuṅga-varman, 281 Vijaya-Nandivikramavarman, 102 Vijñāneśvara, 15 Vikrama-Cola, 243 (note), 265, 301 Village assemblies, as charitable trustees, 100-10, 119; wider in scope than guilds, 123;