Local Government in Ancient India c17.2

c17.2

Babylon, 79 Bags, 100 Bahugrāma (Bāhūr), 152, 281 Baligāmi, 261 Ballaha, 52 Ballet-dancers, 68 Bamboo-workers, 66, 99, 122, 278 Bāṇa, *Harṣacarita*, 45, 64 Baṇajigas, 262 Bandhuvarman, 93 Bangalore, 294 Banishment, 129, 131, 143, 219, 233 Bankers, guild-seals of, 112, 113 Banks, evolution of, 94-8, 115-22; interest paid by, 97-8, 118-19, 121; credit of, 119-20; in vestments by, 120-1 Banyan trees, 99 Barbers, 66, 211, 258, 278 Bards, 70, 113, 139 Basāṛh (Vaiśālī), 112, 113 Basava, 13 Basket-makers, 63, 66, 72, 76 Baskets, 147, 151, 254, 255 Bath festival, 300 Bathing gods, gifts for, 103, 104, 107, 299; — hall, 121; — oil, 275, 277 *Bauddha*, 287 Baudhāyana, 70, 82, 126, 161 *Baudhāyanīya*, 269, 279, 282 Baṅgavādi, 295 Beads, 265 Beggars, 265