Local Government in Ancient India c17.179

c17.179

Wax, 265 Wealth and social importance, 49, 211 Weapons, makers and sellers of, 71 Weather-prophets, 67, 71, 74 Weavers, 63, 66, 71, 257, 316; —, guilds of, as bankers, 97-8, 119, 122; —, silk-cloth, gift of temple by, 93; guilds of, 122; migration of, 315 Webb, Sidney, 5, 6 (note) Weights, 105 (note) Well-diggers, 254 Wells, 144, 229, 255, 257, 265, 301 (*see* Water-sheds) Wet lands, 228, 230, 292 Wheat, 117 (note) Wheelwrights, 66 Wick, 291, 299 Wicked men, 179, 180 Williams, Monier, 130 Winslow, 175 Witnesses, incompetent, 70, 72, 73-4; —, to a deed, 227