Local Government in Ancient India c9.135

c9.135

‘Having received these 20 *kalañju* of gold, we, the members of the assembly of . . . shall have to supply—at the rate of interest of one *kalam* per *kalañju*—20 *kalam* of paddy by the *perilamai* (measure), cleaning (it), defraying the cooly charge, conveying (the paddy) to the very court-yard of the temple, going (there) and measuring (it).