Local Government in Ancient India c7.32

c7.32

⁴ The *Kāśikā* mentions as examples of *pūgas* (1) *Lauhadhvajya*, i. e. those that have as their emblem something that is made of copper, the red metal; the *Tattvabodhini* reads *lauhitadhvajya*, to signify a body of persons having a red flag as their emblem; (2) *Śaibya*, perhaps the 'Siboi', the wild tribe with a republican constitution subdued by Alexander; (3) *Cātakya*; (4) *Devadattaka*, the tribe led by Devadatta; as examples of *vrāta*, besides (1) *Kāpotapākya*, we have (2) *Vraihimatya*, a non-Brahmanical people (*St. Petersburg Dict.*); (3) *Kauñjāyanya*, perhaps the kingless tribe of *Ārjunāyanas* (see V. A. Smith’s *Early History of India*, third ed., p. 286); and (4) *Brādhnāyanya*.