Local Government in Ancient India c17.78

c17.78

Fines, for breach of contract, 105, 109; contumacy, 158; *dharmāsana*, 272; failure to protect, 292; interference with water-courses, 230; manslaughter, 140, 141; municipal default, 143, 151, 183, 244, 245, 251; non-payment of levy, 152; obstructing meetings, 186, 188; theft of or injury to cattle, 200; as village taxes, 166, 169 Fire-pans, 109, 118, 166 Fiscal rights, municipal, 252 Fish, 256 Fishers (niṣādas), 71, 137, 147, 151, 303 Fleet, *Gupta Inscriptions*, 93, 116–17 (note), 130; *Imperial Gazetteer*, 295 Floods, damage by, 154, 224; protection tax against, 205 Flower-gardens, 256 Flower-sellers, 63, 67, 76, 77 Flowers, 117 (note), 223 Follet on group organization, 317 (note) Food, persons from whom Brāhmaṇas must not take, 70; principle of the prohibition, 73; distribution of, 265; provided for gods, 299 Forbidden trading, 75 (note);—dishes, 177 Forced labour, 147, 156, 256 Forefathers, usages of, 127 Foreign commerce, 52 Foremen, 47, 90, 91, 139 Foresters, 135, 137 Forest police, 48 Forests, Brāhmaṇa, 77 Forfeiture, 221 Forgery, 178 Fowlers, 71, 137 France, 5 Frazer, 15–16, 18 Freebooters, 87 Freeing trade, 266–7, 268 Free school, 277 Fruit-trees, 228 Fuel (firewood), 275, 281 Functions of local bodies, 27, 28 (note), 212–50