Local Government in Ancient India c17.72

c17.72

Chemistry, 283 *Chāndoga-sāman*, 279, 280, 282 *Chāndogya Upaniṣad*, 43, 175 (note) Chikballapur, 153 Chingleput, 147, 148, 154, 198 Chittoor, 259 Chronology, 26 Cisterns, 90, 91, 92, 109, 118, 257, 303 Civet, 267 Clay seals, 113-14 (note) Climbing trees, 255 Cloth-money, 97-8; — tax, 256; — duty, 268 Cloths, 268; — women's, 100, 261, 265 Clubs, 146 Cobblers, 71 Coco-nut, 228, 257; — trees, 255, 300 Co-habitants, 133, 134 Coins of communities, 31, 115 (note); of guilds, 114-15 Cola Empire, administrative divisions of, 206-7; decline of, 291 Colebrooke, *Digest of Hindu Law*, 219, 248 Collector of tolls, 258 Colleges, gifts of, 271-3, 302; — Vedic, 279-80, 281, 281-2, 283, 285, 286, 287 Colonies of culture, 283-8 Commentators, differences of, 28-9 Committees (goṭhīs), 92, 93; — special, 191-3 (*see* Village Committees) Common lands, mortgage of, 290, 291 Commonweal, necessary institutions of, 278 Communal enterprise, scope of, 144-5; — life, institutions of, 28 Communism in solution, 22-3 Companies, 133, 134, 135 Composite assembly, 270 Conch-blower, 210; — shell, 263 Confiscation, 143, 213, 214, 221, 233, 236, 251, 267 Conscription, 217 Constitutional pacts, 130-1 Contracts and compacts, 129, 130 Convening meetings, 186, 188 Conveyancing, 227 Cooks, 63, 76, 77 Coomaraswamy, Dr. A. K., *Indian Craftsman*, 60 (note) Co-operation, 79, 82, 316 Copper, 267 Copper-plate inscriptions, 184, 238, 281 Coppersmith, 278 Corals, 267 Corn-dealers, 92 Corn-ears, 255 Corporations, 30, 111, 112, 122-3, 128, 129, 132, 158, 233, 251, 252, 259-70 Cotton and cotton-thread, 265 Councillor, 258 County (nad), 311 Countries, laws of, 125, 126, 127 Court-martial, 135 Courts of Justice: kinds and relations, 132-5; how graduated, 134-5; lower and local: underlying principle of, 135-6; and its application to boundary disputes, 136-8; local procedure, 138-40; criminal procedure, 140-2 Cowherds, 249 Cows, gifts of, 94-5, 104, 110, 118, 152 (note); fines of, 140, 141; tax on, 254, 255 Craft-guilds, 216, 315-16; — villages and quarters, 76-8 Crafts, low, 65, 66-7 Craftsmen, four classes of, 85-6 Crane, feather of, 263 Cremation, 145; — ground, 256 Criminal law, 140-2 Crop assessment, 254 *Cullakaseṭṭhi Jātaka*, 79 *Cullavagga*, 46, 61, 67 Cultivation committee, 182 Cultivators, 122, 125, 135, 162, 249, 292 Cunningham, *Bhilsa Topes*, 90; *Stūpa of Bharhut*, 92; *Coins of Ancient India*, 114, 115 (note) Curds, 110, 281 Currency, 169, 231-2 Curry, 108 Cuscus, 265 Custom, law of, 127-8 Customs duties, 267, 268