Local Government in Ancient India c17.177.3

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present a variety of types, 308. Village committees: Amṛtagaṇattār, 182 Annual, 166, 167-8, 174, 176, 181, 185, 256, 307 Assembly, 184 Cultivation, 182 Fields, 181 Gaṇapperumakkal, 182, 183, 307 Garden, 166, 167, 168, 174, 176, 181, 223, 256, 304 Gold, 169, 175, 178, 231-2 Goṭhī, 92, 93, 185 Grāma-kārya, 110, 183 Justice, 170-1, 174, 182 Land-survey, 182, 222, 235 Nyāyattār, 182 Pañca-vāra, 169-70, 175, 178, 184 Samvatsara vāriyam, 184 Tank, 166, 167, 168, 174, 181, 182, 229, 230, 254, 256, 304 Temple, 183, 210 Two hundred, 181 Udāsīna, 181 Urvāriyam, 182, 281 Vāragoṣṭhī, 184 Village, 181, 183 Wards, 181 ——, evidence on, 165-7; elected by lot, 171-3, 175; selection of members for, 173-4, 175; membership qualifications, 175-6, 179, 201, 202; disqualifications, 176-8, 179-80; various names for, 185; rules of debate, 186, 188; numbers of members, 186-7; special, 191-3; not independent, but sub-committees of general assembly, 199-200 — communities, permanent and self-contained, 2-3; not developed from tribal communities, 23-4, 25; a distinct type, 25; — craftsmen (*vīramuṣṭis*) 278; — declared a town, 204; —, evolution of, 146; — guards, 278; — 'Hampdens', 215, 294, 295, 296-7; — institutions, groups of, 275, 278; still functioning, 23; — library, 284; —, parts of exempted from taxation, 256-7; — pests, 160, 177; — planning, 77-8; — republics, 311; — schools, a school of Pāṇini, 273-5, 302, 304; — secretariat, 232-3; — servants, 278;